讓賢

Chinese

		to ask; to let; permit to ask; to let; permit; have (someone do something); to yield; to allow	worthy (person)
trad. (讓賢)		讓	賢
simp. (让贤)		让	贤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ràngxián

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁶ jin⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jiōng-hiân / niū-hiân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ràngxián
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ràngsián
    • Wade–Giles: jang⁴-hsien²
    • Yale: ràng-syán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ranqshyan
    • Palladius: жансянь (žansjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁶ jin⁴
    • Yale: yeuhng yìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁶ jin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁶ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ²² jiːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiōng-hiân
    • Tâi-lô: jiōng-hiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jioxnghieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hiɛn²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niū-hiân
    • Tâi-lô: niū-hiân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niuxhieen
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niũ³³⁻²¹ hiɛn²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /niũ³³⁻¹¹ hiɛn²⁴/

Verb

讓賢

1. to resign from one's post to make way for someone better qualified

Related terms

• 讓位／让位 (ràngwèi)