HSK 5 · Adjectives

勤奋 qínfèn “hardworking” in Chinese

Traditional 勤奮

What 勤奋 means

  1. hardworking
  2. diligent

How to say 勤奋

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale勤qín2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale奋fèn4th tone, falling

勤奋 in a sentence

  1. 这个地区的人工作很勤奋。

    Zhè ge dìqū de rén gōngzuò hěn qínfèn.

    People in this area work very hard.

    Sentence #1408080 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他们说他非常勤奋。

    Tāmen shuō tā fēicháng qínfèn.

    They say he’s very diligent.

    Sentence #2357597 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你工作太勤奋了。休息一会吧。

    Nǐ gōngzuò tài qínfèn le. Xiūxi yíhuì ba.

    You’re working too hard. Take a break for a while.

    Sentence #1862598 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 勤奋 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 勤 (qín) with each of its parts in a different colour
勤qíndiligent; industrious; hardworking
  • 堇yellow loam · jǐnSound part
  • 力strength · lìMeaning part

力 hints at the meaning (strength); 堇 (jǐn) hints at the sound. Compare it with qín.

The character 奋 (fèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
奋fènto exert oneself
  • 大big · dà
  • 田field · tián

How to write 勤奋

勤 13 strokes · 奋 8 strokes

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

Words related to 勤奋

Words with 勤

勤俭qínjiǎn · hardworking and thrifty勤劳qínláo · hardworking辛勤xīnqín · hardworking后勤hòuqín · logistics

Words with 奋

兴奋xīngfèn · excited奋斗fèndòu · to strive振奋zhènfèn · to inspire

More words: Adjectives

强烈qiángliè · strong巧妙qiǎomiào · ingenious亲爱qīn'ài · dear亲切qīnqiè · amiable青qīng · green清淡qīngdàn · light (of food全面quánmiàn · comprehensive热烈rèliè · enthusiastic

FAQs

勤奋 (qínfèn) means “hardworking” or “diligent”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it qínfèn: qín with a 2nd tone, then fèn 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, 勤奋 is written 勤奮. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qinfen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 勤奋 from the suggestions. Typing qinfen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
勤奋 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.