勤勞

See also: 勤劳

Chinese

		diligent; frequent	toil
trad. (勤勞)		勤	勞
simp. (勤劳)		勤	劳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qínláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kan⁴ lou⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khûn-lô / khûn-lô͘ / khîn-lô

  (Teochew, Peng'im): keng⁵ lao⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qínláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cínláo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin²-lao²
    • Yale: chín-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chynlau
    • Palladius: циньлао (cinʹlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kan⁴ lou⁴
    • Yale: kàhn lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kan⁴ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ken⁴ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐn²¹ lou̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khûn-lô
    • Tâi-lô: khûn-lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qunlooi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun²³⁻³³ lɤ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ lo²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khûn-lô͘
    • Tâi-lô: khûn-lôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qunloo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîn-lô
    • Tâi-lô: khîn-lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qinlooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin¹³⁻²² lo¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: keng⁵ lao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳ̂ng lâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lau⁵⁵/

Adjective

勤勞

1. hardworking; diligent; industrious

Synonyms

• 亹亹 (wěiwěi) (literary)
• 刻苦 (kèkǔ)
• 力落 (Teochew)
• 努力 (nǔlì)
• 勤力 (qínlì) (literary or Cantonese)
• 勤勉 (qínmiǎn)
• 勤奮／勤奋 (qínfèn)
• 勤快 (qínkuài) (informal)
• 勤懇／勤恳 (qínkěn) (diligent and conscientious)
• 勤謹／勤谨 (Dungan)
• 堅苦／坚苦 (jiānkǔ) (hardworking and persevering)
• 巴劫 (bājié) (literary)
• 巴巴結結／巴巴结结 (bāba-jiējiē) (regional)
• 急計／急计 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 用功 (yònggōng)
• 發狠／发狠 (fa³ hen⁶) (Xiang)
• 耐勞／耐劳 (nàiláo)
• 骨力 (Hokkien, Puxian Min)

 

Antonyms

• 懶惰／懒惰 (lǎnduò)

Related terms

• 辛苦 (xīnkǔ)
• 辛勤 (xīnqín)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
勤	勞
きん Grade: 6	ろう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Noun

勤(きん)勞(ろう) • (kinrō) 

1. labor

Verb

勤(きん)勞(ろう)する • (kinrō suru) suru (stem 勤(きん)勞(ろう)し (kinrō shi), past 勤(きん)勞(ろう)した (kinrō shita))

1. to labor, to work

Conjugation

Conjugation of "勤勞する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	勤勞し	きんろうし	kinrō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	勤勞し	きんろうし	kinrō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	勤勞する	きんろうする	kinrō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	勤勞する	きんろうする	kinrō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	勤勞すれ	きんろうすれ	kinrō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	勤勞せよ¹ 勤勞しろ²	きんろうせよ¹ きんろうしろ²	kinrō seyo¹ kinrō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	勤勞される	きんろうされる	kinrō sareru
Causative	勤勞させる 勤勞さす	きんろうさせる きんろうさす	kinrō saseru kinrō sasu
Potential	勤勞できる	きんろうできる	kinrō dekiru
Volitional	勤勞しよう	きんろうしよう	kinrō shiyō
Negative	勤勞しない	きんろうしない	kinrō shinai
Negative continuative	勤勞せず	きんろうせず	kinrō sezu
Formal	勤勞します	きんろうします	kinrō shimasu
Perfective	勤勞した	きんろうした	kinrō shita
Conjunctive	勤勞して	きんろうして	kinrō shite
Hypothetical conditional	勤勞すれば	きんろうすれば	kinrō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
勤	勞

Noun

勤勞 • (geullo) (hangeul 근로)

1. Hanja form^? of 근로 (“labor”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
勤	勞

Noun

勤勞

1. chữ Hán form of cần lao (“labor”).