"節儉" meaning in Chinese

See 節儉 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siːt̚³ kiːm²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕiəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ t͡ɕie⁵³/ [Jin, Taiyuan, Sinological-IPA, dated], /t͡sieʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kiɛŋ²⁴²/ [Min-Dong, Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiam³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA, Taipei, Kaohsiung], /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ kʰiam²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA], /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiam²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, IPA], /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰiam²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou, IPA], /t͡soiʔ²⁻⁴ kʰiam³⁵/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 节俭 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 節儉
  1. frugal; thrifty; economical
    Sense id: en-節儉-zh-adj-uDiVcHdx Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: 仔細 (zǐxì) [Mandarin, Northeastern], 仔细 (zǐxì) [Mandarin, Northeastern], 做人家 [Wu], (jiǎn) (alt: Hsinchu & Taichung Hokkien), (jiǎn) (alt: Hsinchu & Taichung Hokkien), 儉樸 (jiǎnpǔ) (english: thrifty and simple), 俭朴 (jiǎnpǔ) (english: thrifty and simple), 儉省 (jiǎnshěng), 俭省 (jiǎnshěng), 儉約 (jiǎnyuē) [literary], 俭约 (jiǎnyuē) [literary], 克己 (kèjǐ), 刻苦 (kèkǔ), 抾拾 [Hokkien], 樸素 (pǔsù), 朴素 (pǔsù), 省儉 (shěngjiǎn), 省俭 (shěngjiǎn), 節省 (jiéshěng), 节省 (jiéshěng), 節約 (jiéyuē), 节约 (jiéyuē), 簡省 [Hokkien], 简省 [Hokkien], 粒積 [Hokkien], 粒积 [Hokkien], 𧺤儉 [Hokkien], 𧺤俭 [Hokkien]
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "sekken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "節",
          "せっ"
        ],
        [
          "倹",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "節倹"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "jeolgeom",
      "word": "절검(節儉)"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "節儉",
      "word": "tiết kiệm"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "节俭",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "節儉",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frugal; thrifty; economical"
      ],
      "id": "en-節儉-zh-adj-uDiVcHdx",
      "links": [
        [
          "frugal",
          "frugal"
        ],
        [
          "thrifty",
          "thrifty"
        ],
        [
          "economical",
          "economical"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "zǐxì",
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Northeastern"
          ],
          "word": "仔細"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zǐxì",
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Northeastern"
          ],
          "word": "仔细"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "做人家"
        },
        {
          "alt": "Hsinchu & Taichung Hokkien",
          "roman": "jiǎn",
          "word": "儉"
        },
        {
          "alt": "Hsinchu & Taichung Hokkien",
          "roman": "jiǎn",
          "word": "俭"
        },
        {
          "english": "thrifty and simple",
          "roman": "jiǎnpǔ",
          "translation": "thrifty and simple",
          "word": "儉樸"
        },
        {
          "english": "thrifty and simple",
          "roman": "jiǎnpǔ",
          "translation": "thrifty and simple",
          "word": "俭朴"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎnshěng",
          "word": "儉省"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎnshěng",
          "word": "俭省"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎnyuē",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "儉約"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiǎnyuē",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "俭约"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kèjǐ",
          "word": "克己"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kèkǔ",
          "word": "刻苦"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "抾拾"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pǔsù",
          "word": "樸素"
        },
        {
          "roman": "pǔsù",
          "word": "朴素"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shěngjiǎn",
          "word": "省儉"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shěngjiǎn",
          "word": "省俭"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiéshěng",
          "word": "節省"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiéshěng",
          "word": "节省"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiéyuē",
          "word": "節約"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiéyuē",
          "word": "节约"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "簡省"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "简省"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "粒積"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "粒积"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "𧺤儉"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "𧺤俭"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiéjiǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zit³ gim⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jieh⁴ jie²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciék-giêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiat-khiām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiat-khiǎm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoih⁴ kiam⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiéjiǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiéjiǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chieh²-chien³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyé-jyǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyejean"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czeczjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзецзянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "節儉",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "节俭",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "節減",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "节减",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zit³ gim⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jit gihm"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzit⁸ gim⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jid³ gim⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siːt̚³ kiːm²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jieh⁴ jie²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ t͡ɕie⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciék-giêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sieʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kiɛŋ²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiat-khiām"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsiat-khiām"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciatqiam"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiam³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ kʰiam²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiam²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiat-khiǎm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsiat-khiǎm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰiam²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoih⁴ kiam⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsoih khiăm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡soiʔ²⁻⁴ kʰiam³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "節儉"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "sekken",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "節",
          "せっ"
        ],
        [
          "倹",
          "けん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "節倹"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "jeolgeom",
      "word": "절검(節儉)"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "節儉",
      "word": "tiết kiệm"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "节俭",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "節儉",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese adjectives",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adjectives",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 儉",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 節",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Eastern Min adjectives",
        "Eastern Min lemmas",
        "Hokkien adjectives",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Jin adjectives",
        "Jin lemmas",
        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with homophones",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Teochew adjectives",
        "Teochew lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frugal; thrifty; economical"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frugal",
          "frugal"
        ],
        [
          "thrifty",
          "thrifty"
        ],
        [
          "economical",
          "economical"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiéjiǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zit³ gim⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jieh⁴ jie²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciék-giêng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiat-khiām"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiat-khiǎm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoih⁴ kiam⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiéjiǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jiéjiǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chieh²-chien³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyé-jyǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jyejean"
    },
    {
      "roman": "czeczjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цзецзянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "節儉",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "节俭",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "節減",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "节减",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese",
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zit³ gim⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jit gihm"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dzit⁸ gim⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jid³ gim⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siːt̚³ kiːm²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "jieh⁴ jie²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕiəʔ²⁻⁴⁵ t͡ɕie⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Jin",
        "Taiyuan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Foochow-Romanized"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciék-giêng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sieʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ kiɛŋ²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiat-khiām"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsiat-khiām"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciatqiam"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiam³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ kʰiam²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiam²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "General Taiwanese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chiat-khiǎm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsiat-khiǎm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰiam²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "zoih⁴ kiam⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsoih khiăm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡soiʔ²⁻⁴ kʰiam³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zǐxì",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Northeastern"
      ],
      "word": "仔細"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zǐxì",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Northeastern"
      ],
      "word": "仔细"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "做人家"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Hsinchu & Taichung Hokkien",
      "roman": "jiǎn",
      "word": "儉"
    },
    {
      "alt": "Hsinchu & Taichung Hokkien",
      "roman": "jiǎn",
      "word": "俭"
    },
    {
      "english": "thrifty and simple",
      "roman": "jiǎnpǔ",
      "translation": "thrifty and simple",
      "word": "儉樸"
    },
    {
      "english": "thrifty and simple",
      "roman": "jiǎnpǔ",
      "translation": "thrifty and simple",
      "word": "俭朴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnshěng",
      "word": "儉省"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnshěng",
      "word": "俭省"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnyuē",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "儉約"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiǎnyuē",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "俭约"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kèjǐ",
      "word": "克己"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kèkǔ",
      "word": "刻苦"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "抾拾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pǔsù",
      "word": "樸素"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pǔsù",
      "word": "朴素"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shěngjiǎn",
      "word": "省儉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shěngjiǎn",
      "word": "省俭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiéshěng",
      "word": "節省"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiéshěng",
      "word": "节省"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiéyuē",
      "word": "節約"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiéyuē",
      "word": "节约"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "簡省"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "简省"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "粒積"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "粒积"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "𧺤儉"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "𧺤俭"
    }
  ],
  "word": "節儉"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 節儉 meaning in Chinese (6.8kB)

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}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Chinese",
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  "trace": ""
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  "path": [
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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 2025-08-29 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-23 using wiktextract (ffdbfc3 and b9346a0). 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.

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