慳儉

Chinese

		stingy	frugal; to be in need
trad. (慳儉)		慳	儉
simp. (悭俭)		悭	俭

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan¹ gim⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haan¹ gim⁶
    • Yale: hāan gihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan¹ gim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: han¹ gim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːn⁵⁵ kiːm²²/

Adjective

慳儉

1. (Cantonese) frugal; thrifty; economical

Synonyms

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• 仔細／仔细 (zǐxì) (Northeastern Mandarin)
• 做人家 (Wu)
• 儉／俭 (jiǎn) (Hsinchu & Taichung Hokkien)
• 儉樸／俭朴 (jiǎnpǔ) (thrifty and simple)
• 儉省／俭省 (jiǎnshěng)
• 儉約／俭约 (jiǎnyuē) (literary)
• 克己 (kèjǐ)
• 刻苦 (kèkǔ)
• 抾拾 (Hokkien)
• 樸素／朴素 (pǔsù)
• 省儉／省俭 (shěngjiǎn)
• 節儉／节俭 (jiéjiǎn)
• 節省／节省 (jiéshěng)
• 節約／节约 (jiéyuē)
• 簡省／简省 (Hokkien)
• 粒積／粒积 (Hokkien)
• 𧺤儉／𧺤俭 (Hokkien)