慈祥

Chinese

		compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane	auspicious; propitious
simp. and trad. (慈祥)		慈	祥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cíxiáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ coeng⁴

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chîr-siông / chû-siông / chû-siâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cíxiáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíhsiáng
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ²-hsiang²
    • Yale: tsź-syáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrshyang
    • Palladius: цысян (cysjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ci⁴ coeng⁴
    • Yale: chìh chèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ tsoeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi⁴ cêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 慈祥 磁場 / 磁场

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr-siông
    • Tâi-lô: tsîr-siông
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû-siông
    • Tâi-lô: tsû-siông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zusioong
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su²⁴⁻¹¹ siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³⁻³³ siɔŋ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû-siâng
    • Tâi-lô: tsû-siâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zusiaang
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³⁻²² siaŋ¹³/

Adjective

慈祥

1. nice; kind

Usage notes

• Usually used to describe old people.

Synonyms

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• 仁和 (rénhé) (literary)
• 仁愛 / 仁爱 (rén'ài)
• 仁慈 (réncí)
• 友善 (yǒushàn)
• 可親 / 可亲 (kěqīn)
• 和善 (héshàn)
• 和氣 / 和气
• 和藹 / 和蔼 (hé'ǎi)
• 善良 (shànliáng)
• 好心 (hǎoxīn)
• 惠 (huì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 惠愛 / 惠爱 (huì'ài) (literary)
• 慈愛 / 慈爱 (cí'ài)
• 祥和 (xiánghé)
• 腍善 (nam⁴ sin⁶) (Cantonese)
• 藹然 / 蔼然 (ǎirán) (literary)
• 隨和 / 随和

 

Antonyms

• 兇惡／凶恶 (xiōng'è)
• 猙獰／狰狞 (zhēngníng)