| qiāng | to kill/to injure |
| shàn | good (virtuous)/benevolent/well-disposed/good at sth/to improve or perfect |
| 善 | good (virtuous) benevolent well-disposed |
| 善为说辞 | put in a good word for |
| 善举 | almsdeed; well-doing; good works |
| 善事 | good deeds |
| 善于 | to be good at to be adept at |
| 善于辞令 | well-spoken; conversable |
| 善人 | philanthropist charitable person well-doer |
| 善化 | Shanhua town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县 |
| 善化镇 | Shanhua town in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县 |
| 善变 | fickle mercurial changeable |
| 善后 | to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident) funeral arrangements reparations |
| 善后借款 | reconstruction loan provided by Great Powers to Yuan Shikai in 1913 |
| 善哉 | excellent |
| 善处 | conduct oneself well |
| 善始善终 | where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth to carry things through I started, so I'll finish. |
| 善存 | Centrum (brand) |
| 善待 | to treat well |
| 善心 | kindness benevolence philanthropy |
| 善忘 | forgetful amnesia |
| 善思 | thoughtfulness wholesome thinking (Buddhism) |