"Modest" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 谦虚 | qiān xū | modest / self-effacing / to make modest remarks |   |
| 谦逊 | qiān xùn | humble / modest / unpretentious / modesty | |
| 客气 | kè qi | polite / courteous / formal / modest | |
| 谦和 | qiān hé | meek / modest / amiable | |
| 自谦 | zì qiān | modest / self-deprecating | |
| 逊 |  xùn | to abdicate / modest / yielding / unpretentious / inferior to / (slang) to suck | |
| 谦 | qiān | modest | |
| 从俭 | cóng jiǎn | economical / modest | |
| 卑以自牧 | bēi yǐ zì mù | (idiom) to conduct oneself humbly / modest | |
| 莫杰斯特 | Mò jié sī tè | Modest (name) / Modeste (name) | |
| 平易近人 | píng yì jìn rén | amiable and approachable (idiom) / easygoing / modest and unassuming / (of writing) plain and simple / easy to understand | |
| 谦恭 | qiān gōng | polite and modest | |
| 凡尔赛 | Fán ěr sài | Versailles (near Paris) / (slang) to humblebrag / ostensibly modest, but in fact boastful | |
| 虚怀若谷 | xū huái ruò gǔ | receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom) / modest and open-minded | |
| 戒骄戒躁 | jiè jiāo jiè zào | to guard against pride and impatience (idiom) / to remain modest and keep cool | |
| 虚 | xū | emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain | |
| 抛砖引玉 | pāo zhuān yǐn yù | lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling | |
| 引玉之砖 | yǐn yù zhī zhuān | lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom) / fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas | |
| 撝 | huī | wave, brandish / modest, humble | |
| 穆索尔斯基 | Mù suǒ ěr sī jī | Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Russian composer, composer of Pictures at an Exhibition | |
| 㧑挹 | huī yì | to be extremely modest and polite | |
| 深藏若虚 | shēn cáng ruò xū | to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom) / fig. modest about one's talents / to hide one's light under a bushel | |
| 虚心好学 | xū xīn hào xué | modest and studious (idiom) | |
| 谦称 | qiān chēng | modest appellation | |
| 谦词 | qiān cí | modest word (grammar) | |
| 谦诚 | qiān chéng | modest and sincere / humble | |
| 逊顺 | xùn shùn | modest and obedient / unassuming | |
| 半瓶水响叮当 | bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng | lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom) / fig. empty vessels make the most noise / one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest | |
| 本小利微 | běn xiǎo lì wēi | (of a small business) to have very little capital and very modest profits | |
