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"word": "乞窮儉相"
},
{
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"word": "乞穷俭相"
},
{
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"word": "儉嗇"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "俭啬"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "儉月"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "俭月"
},
{
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"roman": "jiǎnpǔ",
"word": "儉樸"
},
{
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"roman": "jiǎnpǔ",
"word": "俭朴"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "jiǎnshěng",
"word": "儉省"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "jiǎnshěng",
"word": "俭省"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "jiǎnyuē",
"word": "儉約"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "jiǎnyuē",
"word": "俭约"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "儉素"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "俭素"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "儉腹"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "俭腹"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "khiām-tn̂g-neh-tō͘",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "儉腸凹肚"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "khiām-tn̂g-neh-tō͘",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "俭肠凹肚"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "儉色"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "俭色"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "儉薄"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "俭薄"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "儉觳"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "俭觳"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "khiām-chîⁿ",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "儉錢"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "khiām-chîⁿ",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "俭钱"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "克儉克勤"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "克俭克勤"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "kèqínkèjiǎn",
"word": "克勤克儉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "kèqínkèjiǎn",
"word": "克勤克俭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "qínjiǎn",
"word": "勤儉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "qínjiǎn",
"word": "勤俭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "崇節尚儉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "崇节尚俭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "恭儉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "恭俭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "恭儉靜一"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "恭俭静一"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "水儉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "水俭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "田豫儉素"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "田豫俭素"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shěngjiǎn",
"word": "省儉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shěngjiǎn",
"word": "省俭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shěngchījiǎnyòng",
"word": "省吃儉用"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shěngchījiǎnyòng",
"word": "省吃俭用"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "禮奢寧儉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "礼奢宁俭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "禮存寧儉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "礼存宁俭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "jiéjiǎn",
"word": "節儉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "jiéjiǎn",
"word": "节俭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "節儉力行"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "节俭力行"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "節儉躬行"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "节俭躬行"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "自奉甚儉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "自奉甚俭"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "fēngjiǎnyóurén",
"word": "豐儉由人"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "fēngjiǎnyóurén",
"word": "丰俭由人"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "躬行節儉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "躬行节俭"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "形聲",
"tr": "-"
},
"expansion": "形聲／形声",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "categorize"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "psc",
"adj": "",
"nocap": "",
"pron": "OC *ɡramʔ"
},
"expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡramʔ)",
"name": "liushu"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "人//",
"3": "",
"4": "person",
"tr": "-"
},
"expansion": "人 (“person”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "僉//",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *skʰlam</span>"
},
"expansion": "僉 (OC *skʰlam)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "人",
"2": "僉",
"c1": "s",
"c2": "p",
"ls": "psc",
"t1": "person"
},
"expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡramʔ) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam)",
"name": "Han compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡramʔ) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 僉 (OC *skʰlam).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "hanzi"
},
"expansion": "儉",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "character",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "frugal; thrifty; economical",
"roman": "jiéjiǎn",
"text": "節儉／节俭",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "hardworking and thrifty",
"roman": "qínjiǎn",
"text": "勤儉／勤俭",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "thrifty and simple",
"roman": "jiǎnpǔ",
"text": "儉樸／俭朴",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to save on food and daily expenses",
"roman": "shěngchījiǎnyòng",
"text": "省吃儉用／省吃俭用",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "part-time work and part-time study",
"roman": "qíngōngjiǎnxué",
"text": "勤工儉學／勤工俭学",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "In festive ceremonies, it is better to be sparing than extravagant. In the ceremonies of mourning, it is better that there be deep sorrow than a minute attention to observances.",
"ref": "禮，與其奢也，寧儉；喪，與其易也，寧戚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "礼，与其奢也，宁俭；丧，与其易也，宁戚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nLǐ, yǔqí shē yě, nìng jiǎn; sāng, yǔqí yì yě, nìng qī. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"frugal; thrifty"
],
"id": "en-儉-zh-character-fINcDrE3",
"links": [
[
"frugal",
"frugal"
],
[
"thrifty",
"thrifty"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Our master is benign, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant and thus he gets his information.",
"ref": "夫子溫、良、恭、儉、讓以得之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "夫子温、良、恭、俭、让以得之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nFūzǐ wēn, liáng, gōng, jiǎn, ràng yǐ dé zhī. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The courteous and self-restraining, the lovers of the rules of propriety, should sing the Xiao Ya (Minor Odes of the Kingdom).",
"ref": "恭儉而好禮者宜歌小雅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "恭俭而好礼者宜歌小雅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nGōngjiǎn ér hàolǐ zhě yí gē Xiǎoyǎ. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"modest; moderate; temperate"
],
"id": "en-儉-zh-character-1gXhtzpz",
"links": [
[
"modest",
"modest"
],
[
"moderate",
"moderate"
],
[
"temperate",
"temperate"
]
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"lacking; insufficient"
],
"id": "en-儉-zh-character-51~o0wyQ",
"links": [
[
"lacking",
"lacking"
],
[
"insufficient",
"insufficient"
]
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"poor harvest"
],
"id": "en-儉-zh-character-EhD-dRUl",
"links": [
[
"poor",
"poor"
],
[
"harvest",
"harvest"
]
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Taiwanese Hokkien",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "23 5 3 5 55 2 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 7 4 6 51 3 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to save up; to store up"
],
"id": "en-儉-zh-character-FclNzsJf",
"links": [
[
"save up",
"save up"
],
[
"store up",
"store up"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Taiwanese Hokkien) to save up; to store up"
],
"tags": [
"Taiwanese-Hokkien"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Singapore Hokkien",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Teochew Chinese",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to save; to economize"
],
"id": "en-儉-zh-character-pKGBN4de",
"links": [
[
"save",
"save"
],
[
"economize",
"economize"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Teochew, Singapore Hokkien) to save; to economize"
],
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Singapore",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese surnames",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a surname"
],
"id": "en-儉-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jian³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gim⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"PFS",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "khiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Guangdong",
"Hakka",
"Meixian"
],
"zh-pron": "kiam⁴"
},
{
"zh-pron": "giêng"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "khiām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "khiǎm"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "kiam⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "kiang⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chien³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jean"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзянь"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czjanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "gihm"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "gim⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "gim⁶"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiːm²²/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "khiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "kiam"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "kiam⁴"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰi̯am⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meixian",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Foochow-Romanized",
"Fuzhou"
],
"zh-pron": "giêng"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiɛŋ²⁴²/",
"tags": [
"Fuzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "khiām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "qiam"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam²²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam³³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "khiǎm"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam²²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "khiăm"
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "khiăng"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiaŋ³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "gjemX"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*[ɡ]r[a]mʔ/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*ɡramʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiːm²²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰi̯am⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiɛŋ²⁴²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam²²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam²²/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiaŋ³⁵/"
},
{
"other": "[ɡ]"
},
{
"other": "[a]"
},
{
"other": "/*ɡramʔ/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"formal",
"Standard-Chinese"
],
"word": "省"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Taiwan"
],
"word": "省"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Guilin"
],
"word": "省"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "省"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou"
],
"word": "慳"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Hong-Kong"
],
"word": "慳"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Taishan"
],
"word": "慳"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangfu",
"Singapore"
],
"word": "慳"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangfu"
],
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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"Chinese adjectives",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese proper nouns",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Chinese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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"Eastern Min adjectives",
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"Eastern Min proper nouns",
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"word": "乞窮儉相"
},
{
"word": "乞穷俭相"
},
{
"word": "儉嗇"
},
{
"word": "俭啬"
},
{
"word": "儉月"
},
{
"word": "俭月"
},
{
"roman": "jiǎnpǔ",
"word": "儉樸"
},
{
"roman": "jiǎnpǔ",
"word": "俭朴"
},
{
"roman": "jiǎnshěng",
"word": "儉省"
},
{
"roman": "jiǎnshěng",
"word": "俭省"
},
{
"roman": "jiǎnyuē",
"word": "儉約"
},
{
"roman": "jiǎnyuē",
"word": "俭约"
},
{
"word": "儉素"
},
{
"word": "俭素"
},
{
"word": "儉腹"
},
{
"word": "俭腹"
},
{
"roman": "khiām-tn̂g-neh-tō͘",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "儉腸凹肚"
},
{
"roman": "khiām-tn̂g-neh-tō͘",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "俭肠凹肚"
},
{
"word": "儉色"
},
{
"word": "俭色"
},
{
"word": "儉薄"
},
{
"word": "俭薄"
},
{
"word": "儉觳"
},
{
"word": "俭觳"
},
{
"roman": "khiām-chîⁿ",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "儉錢"
},
{
"roman": "khiām-chîⁿ",
"tags": [
"Min-Nan"
],
"word": "俭钱"
},
{
"word": "克儉克勤"
},
{
"word": "克俭克勤"
},
{
"roman": "kèqínkèjiǎn",
"word": "克勤克儉"
},
{
"roman": "kèqínkèjiǎn",
"word": "克勤克俭"
},
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"word": "勤儉"
},
{
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"word": "勤俭"
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{
"word": "崇節尚儉"
},
{
"word": "崇节尚俭"
},
{
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{
"word": "恭俭"
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{
"word": "恭儉靜一"
},
{
"word": "恭俭静一"
},
{
"word": "水儉"
},
{
"word": "水俭"
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{
"word": "田豫儉素"
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{
"word": "田豫俭素"
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{
"roman": "shěngjiǎn",
"word": "省儉"
},
{
"roman": "shěngjiǎn",
"word": "省俭"
},
{
"roman": "shěngchījiǎnyòng",
"word": "省吃儉用"
},
{
"roman": "shěngchījiǎnyòng",
"word": "省吃俭用"
},
{
"word": "禮奢寧儉"
},
{
"word": "礼奢宁俭"
},
{
"word": "禮存寧儉"
},
{
"word": "礼存宁俭"
},
{
"roman": "jiéjiǎn",
"word": "節儉"
},
{
"roman": "jiéjiǎn",
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},
{
"word": "節儉力行"
},
{
"word": "节俭力行"
},
{
"word": "節儉躬行"
},
{
"word": "节俭躬行"
},
{
"word": "自奉甚儉"
},
{
"word": "自奉甚俭"
},
{
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},
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],
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"roman": "jiéjiǎn",
"text": "節儉／节俭",
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{
"english": "hardworking and thrifty",
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"text": "勤儉／勤俭",
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{
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"roman": "shěngchījiǎnyòng",
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{
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{
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"text": "礼，与其奢也，宁俭；丧，与其易也，宁戚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nLǐ, yǔqí shē yě, nìng jiǎn; sāng, yǔqí yì yě, nìng qī. [Pinyin]",
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],
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"text": "夫子温、良、恭、俭、让以得之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nFūzǐ wēn, liáng, gōng, jiǎn, ràng yǐ dé zhī. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The courteous and self-restraining, the lovers of the rules of propriety, should sing the Xiao Ya (Minor Odes of the Kingdom).",
"ref": "恭儉而好禮者宜歌小雅。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "恭俭而好礼者宜歌小雅。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nGōngjiǎn ér hàolǐ zhě yí gē Xiǎoyǎ. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"modest"
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[
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{
"glosses": [
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[
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{
"glosses": [
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"harvest"
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},
{
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[
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],
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],
"tags": [
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},
{
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"Teochew Chinese"
],
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],
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],
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]
],
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],
"tags": [
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"Teochew"
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},
{
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"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jian³"
},
{
"tags": [
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"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄐㄧㄢˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "gim⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
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"PFS",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "khiam"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Hakka",
"Meixian"
],
"zh-pron": "kiam⁴"
},
{
"zh-pron": "giêng"
},
{
"tags": [
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"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "khiām"
},
{
"tags": [
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"POJ"
],
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "kiam⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "kiang⁶"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "chien³"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jyǎn"
},
{
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],
"zh-pron": "jean"
},
{
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"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзянь"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Palladius"
],
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},
{
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"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
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"Yale"
],
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},
{
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"Pinyin"
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"zh-pron": "gim⁶"
},
{
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"Guangdong-Romanization"
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{
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"Sinological-IPA"
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},
{
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"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
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},
{
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"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
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{
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"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
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{
"ipa": "/kʰi̯am⁵⁵/",
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"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam⁵³/",
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"Meixian",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
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"Fuzhou"
],
"zh-pron": "giêng"
},
{
"ipa": "/kiɛŋ²⁴²/",
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"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "khiām"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "qiam"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam²²/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam³³/",
"tags": [
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"Kaohsiung",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"tags": [
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"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "khiǎm"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam²²/",
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},
{
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],
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},
{
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{
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},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiaŋ³⁵/",
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},
{
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"zh-pron": "/*ɡramʔ/"
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{
"ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴/"
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{
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{
"ipa": "/kʰi̯am⁵⁵/"
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{
"ipa": "/kʰiam⁵³/"
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{
"ipa": "/kiɛŋ²⁴²/"
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{
"ipa": "/kʰiam²²/"
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{
"ipa": "/kʰiam³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/kʰiam²²/"
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{
"ipa": "/kʰiam³⁵/"
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{
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{
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{
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"word": "省"
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],
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"Guangfu",
"Singapore"
],
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{
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],
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{
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"Meixian"
],
"word": "省"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Huicheng-Bendihua",
"Huizhou"
],
"word": "慳"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Sixian",
"Miaoli",
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],
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},
{
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},
{
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
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"Taichung"
],
"word": "省"
},
{
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],
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},
{
"tags": [
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"Yunlin"
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"tags": [
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],
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},
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],
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},
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],
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},
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"tags": [
"Hokkien",
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],
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},
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"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"word": "儉"
},
{
"word": "省"
},
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],
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},
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},
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"Teochew"
],
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},
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],
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},
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}
],
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.