"俭" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 俭
俭
- Traditional
- 儉
- Radical
- 人 (2 traits)
- Number of strokes
- 9
- Structure
- gauche et droite
- Cangjie
- OOMM 人人一一
- Sijiao
- 0282.1
- Wubi
- WWGI
- GB 2312
- BCF3
- Unicode
- U+4FED
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 俭 儉 | (bound form) frugal / thrifty | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 俭朴 儉朴 | thrifty and simple | syn | |
| 俭省 儉省 | thrifty / economical / sparing | syn | |
| 俭薄 儉薄 | meager / poor | ||
| 俭腹 儉腹 | lacking in knowledge / ignorant | ||
| 俭素 儉素 | thrifty and plain | ||
| 俭学 儉學 | to be frugal so that one can pay for one's education | ||
| 俭用 儉用 | to economize / to be frugal | ||
| 俭约 儉約 | frugal / economical / thrifty | ||
| 俭以养廉 儉以養廉 | (idiom) frugality makes honesty | ||
| 俭以防匮 儉以防匱 | frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom) | ||
| 俭则不缺 儉則不缺 | frugality prevents destitution (idiom) |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 节俭 節儉 | frugal / economical | syn | |
| 勤俭 勤儉 | hardworking and frugal | syn | |
| 从俭 從儉 | economical / modest | ||
| 克俭 克儉 | thrifty / frugal | ||
| 悭俭 慳儉 | miserly / stingy | ||
| 省俭 省儉 | frugal / thrifty | ||
| 勤工俭学 勤工儉學 | to work part-time while studying / work-study program | syn | |
| 省吃俭用 省吃儉用 | to live frugally | syn | |
| 勤俭节约 勤儉節約 | (idiom) diligent and thrifty | syn | |
| 克勤克俭 克勤克儉 | to be industrious and frugal (idiom) | syn | |
| 勤俭持家 勤儉持家 | hardworking and thrifty in running one's household | syn | |
| 不俭则匮 不儉則匱 | wastage makes one destitute (idiom) | ||
| 丰俭由人 豐儉由人 | fancy or simple according to one's budget | ||
| 丰俭由人 豐儉由人 | fancy or simple according to sb's budget (idiom) | ||
| 戒奢崇俭 戒奢崇儉 | (idiom) to refrain from extravagance and cherish frugality | ||
| 克勤克俭 克勤克儉 | (idiom) industrious and frugal | syn | |
| 勤俭办社 勤儉辦社 | to manage communes diligently and thriftily | ||
| 勤俭办学 勤儉辦學 | to run a school diligently and thriftily | ||
| 勤俭建国 勤儉建國 | (idiom) to build up the country through thrift and hard work | ||
| 勤俭耐劳 勤儉耐勞 | diligent and able to endure hardship (idiom) | ||
| 勤俭朴实 勤儉樸實 | (idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious | ||
| 勤俭朴素 勤儉樸素 | (idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious | ||
| 勤俭起家 勤儉起家 | to rise up by thrift and hard work (idiom) | ||
| 勤俭务实 勤儉務實 | hardworking, thrifty and pragmatic | ||
| 奢入俭难 奢入儉難 | it is hard to become frugal after becoming accustomed to luxury (idiom) | ||
| 奢易俭难 奢易儉難 | easy to become accustomed to luxury, hard to become accustomed to frugality (idiom) | ||
| 温良恭俭 溫良恭儉 | temperate, kind, courteous and restrained | ||
| 知悭识俭 知慳識儉 | (idiom) to know how to be economical | ||
| 治丧从俭 治喪從儉 | to be frugal in attending to funeral rites (idiom) | ||
| 自奉俭约 自奉儉約 | (idiom) to live frugally |