克勤克儉

Chinese

		gram; subdue; to restrain gram; subdue; to restrain; to overcome	diligent; frequent	gram; subdue; to restrain gram; subdue; to restrain; to overcome	frugal; to be in need
trad. (克勤克儉)		克	勤	克	儉
simp. (克勤克俭)		克	勤	克	俭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèqínkèjiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ kan⁴ hak¹ gim⁶ / haak¹ kan⁴ haak¹ gim⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèqínkèjiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kècínkèjiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-chʻin²-kʻo⁴-chien³
    • Yale: kè-chín-kè-jyǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehchynkehjean
    • Palladius: кэцинькэцзянь (kɛcinʹkɛczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ kan⁴ hak¹ gim⁶ / haak¹ kan⁴ haak¹ gim⁶
    • Yale: hāk kàhn hāk gihm / hāak kàhn hāak gihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ kan⁴ hak⁷ gim⁶ / haak⁷ kan⁴ haak⁷ gim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ ken⁴ heg¹ gim⁶ / hag¹ ken⁴ hag¹ gim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ kʰɐn²¹ hɐk̚⁵ kiːm²²/, /haːk̚⁵ kʰɐn²¹ haːk̚⁵ kiːm²²/

Idiom

克勤克儉

1. hardworking and thrifty