# 谦虚 (qiānxū)

In Mandarin Chinese, 谦虚 (qiānxū) means “modest; humble”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: modest; humble
- Pinyin: qiānxū (qian1 xu1)
- Traditional: 謙虛
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他虽然优秀，但很谦虚。
  Tā suīrán yōuxiù, dàn hěn qiānxū.
  Although he is outstanding, he is very modest.

## Characters

- 谦 (qiān): modest
- [虚](https://hanziro.com/word/xu-empty/) (xū): empty; false

https://hanziro.com/word/qian-xu-modest/

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