修善

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	good
trad. (修善)		修	善
simp. #(修善)		修	善

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūshàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄕㄢˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-siān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūshàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sioushàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-shan⁴
    • Yale: syōu-shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioushann
    • Palladius: сюшань (sjušanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ʂän⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-siān
    • Tâi-lô: siu-siān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siusien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu³³ siɛn⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁴⁴⁻²² siɛn²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ siɛn³³/

Verb

修善

1. (literary) to do good deeds

Synonyms

• 修好 (xiūhǎo) (regional)
• 種德／种德 (zhòngdé) (literary)
• 積善／积善 (jīshàn) (literary)
• 積德／积德 (jīdé)
• 行善 (xíngshàn)
• 行好 (xínghǎo)

 

Antonyms

• 行兇／行凶 (xíngxiōng)
• 逞兇／逞凶 (chěngxiōng)