善於

See also: 善于

Chinese

		good	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname
trad. (善於)		善	於
simp. (善于)		善	于
alternative forms		擅於／擅于

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin⁶ jyu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siān-ir / siān-u / siān-î

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànyú
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴-yü²
    • Yale: shàn-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannyu
    • Palladius: шаньюй (šanʹjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹ y³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin⁶ jyu¹
    • Yale: sihn yū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin⁶ jy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xin⁶ yu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn²² jyː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-ir
    • Tâi-lô: siān-ir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹⁻²² ɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-u
    • Tâi-lô: siān-u
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexn'w
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ u⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siān-î
    • Tâi-lô: siān-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siexn'ii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɛn²²⁻²¹ i¹³/

Verb

善於

1. to be good at; to be adept in

Synonyms

• 善用 (shànyòng) (to be good at using something or somebody)
• 善能 (shànnéng) (literary)
• 工於／工于 (gōngyú) (literary)
• 撚手 (nan² sau²) (Cantonese)
• 擅長／擅长 (shàncháng)
• 湛深 (zhànshēn) (literary)
• 熟行 (Hokkien)
• 精於／精于 (jīngyú)
• 精通 (jīngtōng)
• 見長／见长
• 長於／长于 (chángyú) (formal)