显
赫

Illustrious in Chinese: 显赫 (xiǎn hè)

xiǎn hè

illustrious

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 顯赫1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1illustrious
  2. 2celebrated

Stroke order

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显
赫

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄒㄧㄢˇ

xiǎn

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄏㄜˋ

hè

ㄏ/ hㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

显赫

Simplified

顯赫

Traditional

Example sentences

See 显赫 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他出身于一个显赫的家族。

    tā chū shēn yú yí gè xiǎn hè de jiā zú。

    He comes from an illustrious family.

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Related words

显

xiǎn

to make visible

明显

míng xiǎn

clear

显得

xiǎn de

to seem

显然

xiǎn rán

clearly

显示

xiǎn shì

to show

显著

xiǎn zhù

outstanding

显出

xiǎn chū

to express

赫然

hè rán

with astonishment

凸显

tū xiǎn

to present clearly

显现

xiǎn xiàn

appearance

显眼

xiǎn yǎn

conspicuous

显示器

xiǎn shì qì

monitor (computer)

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