儉 (gim6 | jian3) : thrifty; frugal

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儉

gim6

jian3

thrifty; frugal; economical

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

儉 / 俭

This word has been viewed 5177 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jun 2011 14:18

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勤儉 kan4 gim6 qian2 jian3 = hardworking and thrifty; industrious and frugal

勤工儉學 kan4 gung1 gim6 hok6 qin2 gong1 jian3 xue2 = work and study at the same time

慳儉 haan1 gim6 = economical, miserly, stingy, parsimonious 粵

知慳識儉 zi1 haan1 sik1 gim6 = thrift 粵

節儉 zit3 gim6 jie2 jian3 = frugal; to save money

豐儉由人 fung1 gim6 jau4 jan4 feng1 jian3 you2 ren2 = lavish or frugal to suit

儉樸 gim6 pok3 jian3 pu3 = thrifty and simple; frugal

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做任何事都要勤儉。
Be thrifty and hardworking in whatever undertaking you are to start on.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 儉
Unicode code for this character: U+5109 (off-site link)

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