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12		ㄕㄢˋ [shan4] .Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
N(1)  A surname.
(2)  The good: 善惡 good and evil;
真善美 the true, the good and the beautiful;
為善 (LL) do good;
善有善報 good is always rewarded.
Adj(1)  Good, opp. 惡 bad: 善人 good man;
善行 good conduct;
善類 [shan4lei4]↓;
善效，善歲 good results, good year of crops;
善價 a good price;
善哉 good, good! 這一頓打可不善也 he got a thorough beating.
(2)  Charitable, kind, (Budd.) devout: 慈善 kind (person);
慈善事業 philanthropic work;
樂善好施 philanthropic-minded;
善事 good deed;
善舉 [shan4jU3]↓;
善菩薩，善佛爺兒 (complim.) good, kind sir;
善男（子），善男（信女）[shan4nan2]↓.
(3)  Law-abiding, gentle: 善良 [shan4liang2]↓;
善柔 gentle;
善弱，善懦 peace-loving, averse to fighting.
(4)  善乎，善於 good at, better than: 莫善乎（於）此 nothing better than this.
(5)  Familiar: 面善 (face) looks familiar.
V(LL) To consider as good: 帝善其言 the emperor approved of what he said;
善之 regard it as good;
親善，友善，相善 be good friends with.
AdvProne to, good at, well: 善舞 dance well;
善戰 fight well;
多財善賈 ([shan4gu3]) it's easy to trade with much capital;
善哭 prone to weep;
多愁善感 oversensitive, sentimental;
善飯 (AC) has good appetite;
善為我說辭 make a good excuse for me.
Words1.善敗 [shan4bai4], n., (AC) success and failure. 
2.善報 [shan4bao4], n., reward for good deeds. 
3.善本 [shan4ben3], n., a rare edition. 
4.善蟲子 [shan4chong2zi0], n., (sl.) a charity racketeer. 
5.善根 [shan4gen1], n., (Budd.) good endowment; capacity for spiritual development. 
6.善棍 [shan4gun4], n., charity racketeer; see [shan4chong2zi0]↑. 
7.善果 [shan4guo3], n., (Budd.) good rewards from good deeds. 
8.善後 [shan4hou4], (1)  n., funeral arrangements: 善後事宜 rehabilitation measures (to be) taken after natural disaster; (2)  v.t., 何以善其後 what to do to take care of the consequences. 
9.善會 [shan4hui4], n., (Budd.) monks’ dinner to thank donors. 
10.善終 [shan4zhong1], v.i., die a natural death: 善始善終 see a thing through from beginning to end. 
11.善舉 [shan4jU3], n., a philanthropic act, project. 
12.善類 [shan4lei4], n., the good class of people, the nice type. 
13.善良 [shan4liang2], n., law-abiding, decent, also docile (people). 
14.善門 [shan4men2], n., family of kind, philanthropic people. 
15.善男（信女） [shan4nan2], phr., 善男信女 (Budd.) the good believers, devout men and women; also 善男子，善女子. 
16.善善 [shan4shan4], phr., 善善惡惡 to love the good and shun evil. 
17.善士 [shan4shi4], n., (1)  (AC) the good scholars; (2)  philanthropists. 
18.善忘 [shan4wang4], adj., absentminded, prone to forget. 
19.善意 [shan4yi4], n., good intentions, motives: 善意的批評 sincere criticism (not 惡意 malicious). 
20.善緣 [shan4yUan2], n., (1)  some special friendship, lucky meeting of good friends; (2)  as in 結善緣 (Budd.) give donations to temple.