显 (顯) xiǎn

1. xiǎn verb to show; to manifest; to display
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '顯'; Guoyu '顯' v 1; Kroll 2015 '顯' 1a, p. 495; Unihan '顯')
2. xiǎn proper noun Xian
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: given name 名字
   Notes: (Guoyu '顯' n)
3. xiǎn adjective evident; clear
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '顯'; Guoyu '顯' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '顯' 1, p. 495; Unihan '顯')
4. xiǎn adjective distinguished
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '顯' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '顯' 2, pp. 495-496)
5. xiǎn adjective honored
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: A respectful reference to ancestors (Guoyu '顯' adj 3; Kroll 2015 '顯' 2a, pp. 495-496)

Contained in

• 争强显胜(爭強顯勝) to compete for display of wealth
• 威显(威顯) awe-inspiring; power
• 显赫人物(顯赫人物) a famous person; a luminary
• 显微学(顯微學) microscopy
• 显目(顯目) outstanding; conspicuous
• 隐显目标(隱顯目標) intermittent target
• 显而易见(顯而易見) clearly and easy to see; obviously; clearly
• 国立显忠院(國立顯忠院) Korean national memorial cemetery at Dongjak-dong, Seoul
• 显山露水(顯山露水) to reveal one's talent
• 显微镜座(顯微鏡座) Microscopium
• 显摆(顯擺) to show off
• 各显所长(各顯所長) each displays their own strengths
• 浅显易懂(淺顯易懂) easy to understand
• 凸显(凸顯) to present clearly; to give prominence to; to magnify; to be prominant
• 显弄(顯弄) to flaunt; to show off
• 贵显(貴顯) nobility
• 显祖(顯祖) ancestors ; Xiaozu
• 显明(顯明) to reveal; make known ; sunrise
• 显赫(顯赫) famous; eminent
• 显宦(顯宦) a high official
• 显得(顯得) to seem; to look; to appear
• 显达(顯達) illustrious; influential; prestigious
• 显花植物(顯花植物) Phanerogamae; flowering plants
• 明显(明顯) clear; distinct; obvious
• 来电显示(來電顯示) caller ID
• 浅显(淺顯) plain; clear; obvious
• 幽显异途(幽顯異途) life and death are different journeys
• 突显(突顯) conspicuous
• 显要(顯要) prominent; eminent; important person; notable; dignitary
• 显学(顯學) famous school; noted school of thought
• 显示(顯示) to show; to illustrate; to display
• 大显身手(大顯身手) fully displaying one's capabilities
• 大显神通(大顯神通) to display one's remarkable skill or prowess; to give full play to one's brilliant abilities
• 液晶显示(液晶顯示) LCD; liquid crystal display
• 显见(顯見) obvious; clearly visible
• 电子显微镜(電子顯微鏡) electron microscope
• 显微镜载片(顯微鏡載片) microscopic slide
• 显性基因(顯性基因) dominant gene
• 时显时隐(時顯時隱) appearing and disappearing; intermittently visible
• 显示卡(顯示卡) graphics card
• 显然(顯然) clear; evident; obvious ; to make public
• 显豁(顯豁) evident; clear and bright
• 显耀(顯耀) to show off
• 显著(顯著) to reveal; to make known ; to appear ; to understand; to realize

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李显龙 、 显德 、 萧子显 、 赵显 、 显王 、 等离子显示屏 、 汤显祖

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• 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 42
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Collocations

• 尊显 (尊顯) 貴富尊顯 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢解第六十四 Chapter 64: Resolving a Situation — count: 14
• 显荣 (顯榮) 為明師則顯榮 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 五蠹第四十九 Chapter 49: Five Vermin — count: 8
• 丕显 (丕顯) 先王昧爽丕顯 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 太甲上 Shang Shu - Tai Jia I — count: 6
• 显思 (顯思) 天維顯思 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧閔予小子之什‧敬之 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Min Yu Xiao Zi - Jing Zhi — count: 4
• 天显 (天顯) 于弟弗念天顯 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 4
• 显设 (顯設) 善顯設人者也 — Xunzi 荀子, 君道篇第十二 Chapter 12: The Way of the Sovereign — count: 4
• 显幽 (顯幽) 顯幽 — Xunzi 荀子, 致士篇第十四 Chapter 14: Recruiting Men of Worth — count: 4
• 罔显 (罔顯) 暨厥終罔顯 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命下（僞） Shang Shu - Charge to Yue III (forged) — count: 4
• 显诸侯 (顯諸侯) 莫不爲天下之顯諸侯 — Xunzi 荀子, 儒效篇第八 Chapter 8: The Achievements of the Confucians — count: 4
• 显允 (顯允) 顯允君子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧湛露 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Zhan Lu — count: 3