積善

Chinese

		to amass; to accumulate; to store to amass; to accumulate; to store; old; long-standing	good
trad. (積善)		積	善
simp. (积善)		积	善

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīshàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zik¹ sin⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chit-san
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chek-siān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīshàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jishàn
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹-shan⁴
    • Yale: jī-shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jishann
    • Palladius: цзишань (czišanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zik¹ sin⁶
    • Yale: jīk sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzik⁷ sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jig¹ xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪk̚⁵ siːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chit-san
    • Hakka Romanization System: jid` san
    • Hagfa Pinyim: jid⁵ san⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sit̚² san⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek-siān
    • Tâi-lô: tsik-siān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeksien
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siɛn³³/

Verb

積善

1. (literary) to do good deeds

Synonyms

• 修善 (xiūshàn) (literary)
• 修好 (xiūhǎo) (regional)
• 種德／种德 (zhòngdé) (literary)
• 積德／积德 (jīdé)
• 行善 (xíngshàn)
• 行好 (xínghǎo)

 

Antonyms

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

 

Derived terms

• 積善之家，必有餘慶／积善之家，必有余庆 (jīshàn zhī jiā, bì yǒu yúqìng)