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慈祥

慈祥

Chinese

		compassionate; gentle; merciful compassionate; gentle; merciful; kind; humane	auspicious; propitious
simp. and trad. (慈祥)		慈	祥

Adjective

慈祥

nice, kind

Usage notes

Usually used to describe old people.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): cíxiáng

(Zhuyin): ㄘˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci⁴ coeng⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chîr-siông / chû-siông / chû-siâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: cíxiáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘˊ ㄒㄧㄤˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyrshyang
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰz̩³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: ci⁴ coeng⁴
  - Yale: chìh chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsi⁴ tsoeng⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː²¹ t͡ɕʰœːŋ²¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    磁場／磁场
    慈祥
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr-siông
  - Tâi-lô: tsîr-siông
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ²⁴⁻²² ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû-siông
  - Tâi-lô: tsû-siông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zusioong
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su²⁴⁻¹¹ ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su²³⁻³³ ɕiɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su²⁴⁻²² ɕiɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû-siâng
  - Tâi-lô: tsû-siâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zusiaang
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su¹³⁻²² ɕiaŋ¹³/