賢淑

See also: 贤淑

Chinese

		worthy (person)	good; pure; virtuous good; pure; virtuous; charming
trad. (賢淑)		賢	淑
simp. (贤淑)		贤	淑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánshū, xiánshú

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨ, ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ suk⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiân-siok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánshū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánshu
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-shu¹
    • Yale: syán-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshu
    • Palladius: сяньшу (sjanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánshú
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánshú
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-shu²
    • Yale: syán-shú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyanshwu
    • Palladius: сяньшу (sjanʹšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ suk⁶
    • Yale: yìhn suhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ suk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ sʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-siok
    • Tâi-lô: hiân-siok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiensiog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² siɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³⁻²² siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³⁻³³ siɔk̚³²/

Adjective

賢淑

1. (said of a woman) morally excellent

   • 葉赫那拉氏，品貌賢淑端莊。著冊封為皇后。 [MSC, trad.]
     叶赫那拉氏，品貌贤淑端庄。著册封为皇后。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: The Firmament of the Pleiades

     Yèhènàlā shì, pǐnmào xiánshū duānzhuāng. Zhù cèfēng wéi huánghòu. [Pinyin]

     Lady Yehenala, virtuous and elegant are your looks. You shall be entitled as empress consort.