謙詞

Chinese

		modest	word; phrase; classical Chinese poem
trad. (謙詞)		謙	詞
simp. (谦词)		谦	词
alternative forms		謙辭／谦辞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāncí

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄘˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): him¹ ci⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāncí
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄘˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciancíh
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-tzʻŭ²
    • Yale: chyān-tsź
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiantsyr
    • Palladius: цяньцы (cjanʹcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: him¹ ci⁴
    • Yale: hīm chìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: him¹ tsi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: him¹ qi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːm⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː²¹/

Noun

謙詞

1. modest word; humble term; self-deprecatory expression