勸善

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See also: 劝善

Chinese

		to advise; to urge; to try to persuade to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; exhort	good
trad. (勸善)		勸	善
simp. (劝善)		劝	善

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): quànshàn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hyun³ sin⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khoàn-siān / khǹg-siān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: quànshàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˋ ㄕㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyuànshàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻüan⁴-shan⁴
  - Yale: chywàn-shàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiuannshann
  - Palladius: цюаньшань (cjuanʹšanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hyun³ sin⁶
  - Yale: hyun sihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hyn³ sin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hün³ xin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːn³³ siːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khoàn-siān
  - Tâi-lô: khuàn-siān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qoarnsien
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰuan²¹⁻⁴¹ siɛn³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰuan¹¹⁻⁵³ siɛn³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khǹg-siān
  - Tâi-lô: khǹg-siān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qngrsien
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ siɛn³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ siɛn³³/

Middle Chinese: khjwonH dzyenX

Rime
Character	勸	善
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	去願切	常演切
Baxter	khjwonH	dzyenX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰʉɐn^H/	/d͡ʑiᴇn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰʷiɐn^H/	/d͡ʑiɛn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiuɐn^H/	/d͡ʑjæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰuan^H/	/d͡ʑian^X/
Li Rong	/kʰiuɐn^H/	/ʑiɛn^X/
Wang Li	/kʰĭwɐn^H/	/ʑĭɛn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰi̯wɐn^H/	/ʑi̯ɛn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quàn	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyun³	sin⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.qʷʰar-s eʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰons ɡjenʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	勸	善
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	quàn	shàn
Middle Chinese	‹ khjwon^H ›	‹ dzyen^X ›
Old Chinese	/*C.qʷʰar-s/	/*eʔ/
English	encourage	good
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	勸	善
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4501	11084
Phonetic component	雚	善
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	3	2
Corresponding MC rime	劵	善
Old Chinese	/*kʰons/	/*ɡjenʔ/

Verb

勸善

(literary) to encourage people to do good

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (勸善):

→ Vietnamese: khuyến thiện (勸善)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
勸	善

Verb

勸善

chữ Hán form of khuyến thiện (“to encourage people to do good”).

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