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Usage of the character 谦

qiān
[謙]
  • modest
qiānràng
谦让
[謙讓]
  • to modestly decline
qiānxū
谦虚
[謙虛]
  • modest
  • self-effacing
  • to make modest remarks
qiānxùn
谦逊
[謙遜]
  • humble
  • modest
  • unpretentious
  • modesty
qiāngōng
谦恭
[謙恭]
  • polite and modest
qiānchēng
谦称
[謙稱]
  • modest appellation
qiāncí
谦辞
[謙辭]
  • humble words
  • self-deprecatory expression
  • to modestly decline
Nángqiān
囊谦
[囊謙]
  • Nangqên County (Tibetan: nang chen rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州/玉树藏族自治州 ( Yùshù Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu), Qinghai
qiānbēi
谦卑
[謙卑]
  • humble
zìqiān
自谦
[自謙]
  • modest
  • self-deprecating
qiānhé
谦和
[謙和]
  • meek
  • modest
  • amiable
qiāncí
谦词
[謙詞]
  • modest word (grammar)
qiānyǔ
谦语
[謙語]
  • humble expression
qiānchéng
谦诚
[謙誠]
  • modest and sincere
  • humble
Nángqiān Xiàn
囊谦县
[囊謙縣]
  • Nangqên County (Tibetan: nang chen rdzong) in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 玉樹藏族自治州/玉树藏族自治州 ( Yùshù Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu), Qinghai
mǎnzhāosǔn,qiānshòuyì
满招损,谦受益
[滿招損,謙受益]
  • (idiom) complacency leads to loss, modesty brings profit
  • pride comes before a fall