HSK 6 · Adjectives

兢兢业业 jīngjīngyèyè “conscientious” in Chinese

Traditional 兢兢業業

What 兢兢业业 means

  1. conscientious
  2. diligent and careful
  3. (idiom) conscientious
  4. assiduous

How to say 兢兢业业

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale兢jīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale兢jīng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale业yè4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale业yè4th tone, falling

兢兢业业 in a sentence

  1. 她在这家公司兢兢业业地工作了二十年。

    Tā zài zhè jiā gōngsī jīngjīngyèyè de gōngzuò le èrshí nián.

    She has worked conscientiously at this company for twenty years.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 老师们兢兢业业，非常辛苦。

    Lǎoshīmen jīngjīngyèyè, fēicháng xīnkǔ.

    The teachers are dedicated and work very hard.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 兢兢业业 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 兢 (jīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
兢jīngto be fearful
  • 克to subdue · kè
  • 克to subdue · kè
The character 兢 (jīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
兢jīngto be fearful
  • 克to subdue · kè
  • 克to subdue · kè
The character 业 (yè) drawn as one shape
业yèline of business

业 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 业 (yè) drawn as one shape
业yèline of business

业 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 兢兢业业

兢 14 strokes · 业 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

兢兢业业 (jīngjīngyèyè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 兢兢业业 (jīngjīngyèyè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 兢兢业业

Words with 业

作业zuòyè · school assignment毕业bìyè · graduation专业zhuānyè · major (at university)职业zhíyè · occupation业余yèyú · spare-time工业gōngyè · industry农业nóngyè · agriculture企业qǐyè · company商业shāngyè · business失业shīyè · unemployment

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寂静jìjìng · quiet急剧jíjù · sharp机灵jīling · clever机密jīmì · secret精密jīngmì · precise精确jīngquè · accurate精心jīngxīn · meticulous精致jīngzhì · exquisite

FAQs

兢兢业业 (jīngjīngyèyè) means “conscientious” or “diligent and careful”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jīngjīngyèyè: jīng with a 1st tone, then jīng with a 1st tone, then yè with a 4th tone, then yè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 兢兢业业 is written 兢兢業業. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jingjingyeye with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 兢兢业业 from the suggestions. Typing jingjingyeye into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
兢兢业业 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.