勸善

See also: 劝善

Chinese

		to advise; to urge; to try to persuade to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; exhort	good
trad. (勸善)		勸	善
simp. (劝善)		劝	善

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quànshàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun³ sin⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoàn-siān / khǹg-siān

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quànshàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuànshàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan⁴-shan⁴
    • Yale: chywàn-shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuannshann
    • Palladius: цюаньшань (cjuanʹšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hyun³ sin⁶
    • Yale: hyun sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyn³ sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hün³ xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³³ siːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoàn-siān
    • Tâi-lô: khuàn-siān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoarnsien
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan²¹⁻⁴¹ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan¹¹⁻⁵³ siɛn³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khǹg-siān
    • Tâi-lô: khǹg-siān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qngrsien
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ siɛn³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ siɛn³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khjwonH dzyenX

Rime
Character	勸	善
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	去願切	常演切
Baxter	khjwonH	dzyenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʉɐnH/	/d͡ʑiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷiɐnH/	/d͡ʑiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɐnH/	/d͡ʑjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuanH/	/d͡ʑianX/
Li Rong	/kʰiuɐnH/	/ʑiɛnX/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwɐnH/	/ʑĭɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɐnH/	/ʑi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quàn	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun3	sin6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʷʰar-s  [ɡ]e[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰons  ɡjenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勸	善
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	quàn	shàn
Middle Chinese	‹ khjwonH ›	‹ dzyenX ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʷʰar-s/	/*[ɡ]e[n]ʔ/
English	encourage	good
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	勸	善
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4501	11084
Phonetic component	雚	善
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	劵	善
Old Chinese	/*kʰons/	/*ɡjenʔ/

Verb

勸善

1. (literary) to encourage people to do good

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (勸善):

• → Vietnamese: khuyến thiện (勸善)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
勸	善

Verb

勸善

1. chữ Hán form of khuyến thiện (“to encourage people to do good”).