勉強

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Etymology [edit]

From Sinitic 勉強.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

勉強 (hiragana べんきょう, romaji benkyō, historical hiragana べんきゃう)

  1. studying, studies, study
    成績のためだけの勉強
    せいせきのためだけのべんきょう
    Seiseki no tame dake no benkyō
    study for the sole purpose of getting good grades
    ここは部活などよりも勉強に熱心な学校だ。
    ここはぶかつなどよりもべんきょうにねっしんながっこうだ。
    Koko wa bukatsu nado yori mo benkyō ni nesshin na gakkō da.
    This high school is more serious about studies than clubs and sports.

Verb [edit]

勉強 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana べんきょうする, romaji benkyō suru, historical hiragana べんきゃうする)勉強する 勉強 suru

  1. to study
    英語を勉強する
    えいごべんきょうする
    eigo o benkyō suru
    to study English
  2. to discount, to reduce the price of something
    勉強させてもらいます。
    べんきょうさせてもらいます。
    Benkyō sasete moraimasu.
    I'll give you a discount.

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Mandarin [edit]

simpl. 勉强
trad.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (PRC Standard Mandarin) IPA: [ miɛn˧˥tɕʰiaŋ˨˩˦ ]
  • (PRC variant) IPA: [ miɛn˨˩˦tɕʰiaŋ˧˥ ]

Adjective [edit]

勉強 (traditional, Pinyin miǎnqiǎng or miǎnqiáng, simplified 勉强)

  1. (Intermediate Mandarin) forced; inadequate

Adverb [edit]

勉強 (traditional, Pinyin miǎnqiǎng or miǎnqiáng, simplified 勉强)

  1. (Intermediate Mandarin) reluctantly; in a forced manner

Verb [edit]

勉強 (traditional, Pinyin miǎnqiǎng or miǎnqiáng, simplified 勉强)

  1. (Intermediate Mandarin) to force somebody to do something

References [edit]

  • 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
  • 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:

Vietnamese [edit]

Hán tự in this word

Adverb [edit]

勉強

  1. Hán form of miễn cưỡng, "reluctant"