兢兢業業

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See also: 兢兢业业

Chinese

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trad. (兢兢業業) 兢兢 業業
simp. (兢兢业业) 兢兢 业业

Etymology

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From the Book of Documents (《尚書·皐陶謨》):

兢兢業業一日二日萬幾 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
兢兢业业一日二日万几 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Wú jiào yì yù. Yǒu bāng jīngjīng yèyè, yīrì èrrì wànjī. [Pinyin]
Let not (the Son of Heaven) set to the holders of states the example of indolence or dissoluteness. Let him be wary and fearful, (remembering that) in one day or two days there may occur ten thousand springs of things.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (31)
Final () (133) (147)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ging1 jip6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6845 14819
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kɯŋ/ /*ŋab/

Idiom

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兢兢業業

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

Derived terms

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