HSK 6 · Adjectives

勤俭 qínjiǎn “hardworking and thrifty” in Chinese

Traditional 勤儉

What 勤俭 means

  1. hardworking and thrifty
  2. hardworking and frugal

How to say 勤俭

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale俭jiǎn3rd tone, dipping

勤俭 in a sentence

  1. 她习惯了勤俭的生活

    Tā xíguàn le qínjiǎn de shēnghuó

    She’s used to a hardworking, thrifty life.

    Sentence #1541784 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他勤俭节约，甚至是小气的。

    Tā qínjiǎn jiéyuē, shènzhì shì xiǎoqì de.

    He’s thrifty, even stingy.

    Sentence #3664641 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 勤俭 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 俭 (jiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
俭jiǎnfrugal; thrifty
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 佥all · qiānSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 佥 (qiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎn.

How to write 勤俭

勤 13 strokes · 俭 9 strokes

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

Words related to 勤俭

Words with 勤

勤奋qínfèn · hardworking勤劳qínláo · hardworking辛勤xīnqín · hardworking后勤hòuqín · logistics

More words: Adjectives

清澈qīngchè · clear清洁qīngjié · clean清晰qīngxī · clear清醒qīngxǐng · sober勤劳qínláo · hardworking亲密qīnmì · intimate亲热qīnrè · affectionate齐全qíquán · complete

FAQs

勤俭 (qínjiǎn) means “hardworking and thrifty” or “hardworking and frugal”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qínjiǎn: qín with a 2nd tone, then jiǎn with a 3rd 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, 勤俭 is written 勤儉. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qinjian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 勤俭 from the suggestions. Typing qinjian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
勤俭 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.