為善

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	good
trad. (為善/爲善)		為/爲	善
simp. (为善)		为	善

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéishàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ sin⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vì-san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéishàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéishàn
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-shan⁴
    • Yale: wéi-shàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weishann
    • Palladius: вэйшань (vɛjšanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ sin⁶
    • Yale: wàih sihn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ sin⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ xin⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ siːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vì-san
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˇ san
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi² san⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vi¹¹ san⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwe|hjweH dzyenX

Rime
Character	為	為	善
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	云 (35)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	支 (14)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	薳支切	于僞切	常演切
Baxter	hjwe	hjweH	dzyenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiuᴇ/	/ɦˠiuᴇH/	/d͡ʑiᴇnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiɛ/	/ɦʷᵚiɛH/	/d͡ʑiɛnX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɛ/	/ɣiuɛH/	/d͡ʑjænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjwiə̆/	/ɦjwiə̆H/	/d͡ʑianX/
Li Rong	/ɣjue/	/ɣjueH/	/ʑiɛnX/
Wang Li	/ɣǐwe/	/ɣǐweH/	/ʑĭɛnX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/wie̯/	/wie̯H/	/ʑi̯ɛnX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	wèi	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai4	wai6	sin6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷ(r)aj  [ɡ]e[n]ʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷal  ɡjenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	為	善
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wéi	shàn
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwe ›	‹ dzyenX ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷ(r)aj/	/*[ɡ]e[n]ʔ/
English	make, do, act as	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	為	善
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.		11084
Phonetic component	爲	善
Rime group	歌	元
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	爲	善
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷal/	/*ɡjenʔ/
Notes	俗爲字

Verb

為善

1. to do good; to do good deeds

Derived terms

• 為善不欲人知／为善不欲人知 (wéi shàn bù yù rén zhī)
• 為善最樂／为善最乐 (wéishàn zuì lè)
• 與人為善／与人为善 (yǔrénwéishàn)