谦虚 qiānxū▶ Khiêm tốn

Stroke order

谦虚 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.

• 谦 — 12 strokes
• 虚 — 11 strokes

Senses

1. modest
2. self-effacing
3. to make modest remarks

Related words

• 虚心khiêm tốn, cởi mở
• 空虚vô ích; trống rỗng
• 虚伪đạo đức giả
• 虚假giả dối, giả mạo
• 虚荣sự phù phiếm
• 谦逊Khiêm tốn

谦虚 is pronounced qiānxū and means “Khiêm tốn”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 谦虚 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.