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Usage of the character 慎

shèn
[昚]
  • old variant of 慎 (shèn)
shèn
[慎]
  • careful
  • cautious
shènzhòng
慎重
[慎重]
  • cautious
  • careful
  • prudent
kèshèn
恪慎
[恪慎]
  • careful
  • reverently
Sùshèn
肃慎
[肅慎]
  • ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China
jǐnshèn
谨慎
[謹慎]
  • cautious
  • prudent
shènmì
慎密
[慎密]
  • cautious
  • with meticulous care
bùshèn
不慎
[不慎]
  • incautious
  • inattentive
Xǔ Shèn
许慎
[許慎]
  • Xu Shen (-147) the compiler of the original Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi 說文解字/说文解字 ( Shuōwén Jiězì)
jièshèn
戒慎
[戒慎]
  • vigilant
  • cautious
shèndú
慎独
[慎獨]
  • to preserve a proper behavior in private life
shènrù
慎入
[慎入]
  • keep away!
  • proceed with caution!
shènyán
慎言
[慎言]
  • to speak cautiously
  • to guard one's tongue
shěnshèn
审慎
[審慎]
  • prudent; cautious
xiǎoxīnjǐnshèn
小心谨慎
[小心謹慎]
  • cautious and timid (idiom); prudent
  • careful
yǐshènwéijiàn
以慎为键
[以慎為鍵]
  • to take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully
shènzhòngqíshì
慎重其事
[慎重其事]
  • to treat a matter with due consideration (idiom)
shènzhōngzhuīyuǎn
慎终追远
[慎終追遠]
  • to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
shěnshènxíngshì
审慎行事
[審慎行事]
  • to act prudently
  • steering a cautious course
Shíyuán Shèntàiláng
石原慎太郎
[石原慎太郎]
  • Ishihara Shintarō (1932-), Japanese author and politician, governor of Tokyo 1999-2012
yīzhāobùshèn,mǎnpánjiēshū
一着不慎,满盘皆输
[一著不慎,滿盤皆輸]
  • One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)