HSK 6 · Adjectives

辛勤 xīnqín “hardworking” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 辛勤 means

  1. hardworking
  2. diligent
  3. industrious

How to say 辛勤

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale辛xīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale勤qín2nd tone, rising

辛勤 in a sentence

  1. 谢谢你的辛勤工作。

    Xièxie nǐ de xīnqín gōngzuò.

    Thank you for your hard work.

    Sentence #13188332 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 他的成功要归结于他的辛勤工作和好运气。

    Tā de chénggōng yào guījié yú tā de xīnqín gōngzuò hé hǎo yùnqi.

    His success comes down to his hard work and good luck.

    Sentence #1397150 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 辛勤 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 辛 (xīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
辛xīnhot or pungent
  • 立stand · lì
  • 十ten · shí
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.

How to write 辛勤

辛 7 strokes · 勤 13 strokes

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

Words related to 辛勤

Words with 辛

辛苦xīnkǔ · exhausting

Words with 勤

勤奋qínfèn · hardworking勤俭qínjiǎn · hardworking and thrifty勤劳qínláo · hardworking后勤hòuqín · logistics

More words: Adjectives

小心翼翼xiǎoxīnyìyì · very carefully狭窄xiázhǎi · narrow性感xìnggǎn · sexy兴旺xīngwàng · prosperous欣欣向荣xīnxīnxiàngróng · flourishing新颖xīnyǐng · novel凶恶xiōng'è · fierce雄厚xiónghòu · abundant

FAQs

辛勤 (xīnqín) means “hardworking” or “diligent”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xīnqín: xīn with a 1st tone, then qín with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 辛勤 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xinqin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 辛勤 from the suggestions. Typing xinqin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
辛勤 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.