兢兢業業

See also: 兢兢业业

Chinese

			fearful; apprehensive; lofty fearful; apprehensive; lofty; large
trad. (兢兢業業)		兢兢	業業
simp. (兢兢业业)		兢兢	业业

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngjīngyèyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging¹ ging¹ jip⁶ jip⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngjīngyèyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingjingyèyè
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-ching¹-yeh⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: jīng-jīng-yè-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingjingyehyeh
    • Palladius: цзинцзинъее (czinczinʺjeje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging¹ ging¹ jip⁶ jip⁶
    • Yale: gīng gīng yihp yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging¹ ging¹ jip⁹ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging¹ ging¹ yib⁶ yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ⁵⁵ kɪŋ⁵⁵ jiːp̚² jiːp̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: king king ngjaep ngjaep

Rime
Character	兢	業
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)	業 (147)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	居陵切	魚怯切
Baxter	king	ngjaep
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kɨŋ/	/ŋɨɐp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kɨŋ/	/ŋiɐp̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kieŋ/	/ŋiɐp̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kiŋ/	/ŋɨap̚/
Li Rong	/kiəŋ/	/ŋiap̚/
Wang Li	/kĭəŋ/	/ŋĭɐp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əŋ/	/ŋi̯ɐp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīng	yè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ging1	jip6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kɯŋ  kɯŋ  ŋab  ŋab/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	兢	業
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6845	14819
Phonetic component	兢	業
Rime group	蒸	盍
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	兢	業
Old Chinese	/*kɯŋ/	/*ŋab/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 兢兢業業

1. (ideophonic) cautious and conscientious; diligent and attentive

Derived terms

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