賢慧

See also: 贤慧

Chinese

		worthy (person)	intelligent
trad. (賢慧)		賢	慧
simp. (贤慧)		贤	慧

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiánhuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ wai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hièn-fi / hiàn-fi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiân-hōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiánhuì → xiánhui (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄟˋ → ㄒㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄏㄨㄟ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siánhue̊i
    • Wade–Giles: hsien²-hui⁵
    • Yale: syán-hwei
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyan.huey
    • Palladius: сяньхуэй (sjanʹxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/ → /ɕi̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯³/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 賢惠／贤惠 賢慧／贤慧

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ wai⁶
    • Yale: yìhn waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ wɐi̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 賢惠／贤惠 賢慧／贤慧

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hièn-fi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hienˇ fi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian² fi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯en¹¹ fi⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiàn-fi
    • Hakka Romanization System: hianˇ fi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hian² fi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯an¹¹ fi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-hōe
    • Tâi-lô: hiân-huē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hienhoe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² hue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² hue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³⁻²² hue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ hue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn²³⁻³³ hue³³/

Adjective

賢慧

1. (of a woman) virtuous and intelligent

Usage notes

This form is now considered disfavoured in Mainland China, compared to 賢惠／贤惠 (xiánhuì).