Modest in Chinese
modest · HSK 5
虚心
- 虚 empty
- 心 heart
他很虚心地接受了大家的意见。 He modestly accepted everyone's suggestions.
Other ways to say modest
More words with 虚 or 心
How do you say modest in Chinese?
Modest in Chinese is 虚心 (xū xīn). You can also say 谦虚 (qiān xū), 客气 (kè qi), 有限 (yǒu xiàn).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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