慳儉

慳儉

Chinese

		stingy	frugal; to be in need
trad. (慳儉)		慳	儉
simp. (悭俭)		悭	俭

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haan¹ gim⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haan¹ gim⁶
    • Yale: hāan gihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haan¹ gim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: han¹ gim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /häːn⁵⁵ kiːm²²/

Adjective

慳儉

1. (Cantonese) frugal; thrifty; economical

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 慳儉

𧺤儉／𧺤俭 (Min Nan) 仔細／仔细 (zǐxì) (Northeastern Mandarin) 做人家 (Wu) 儉／俭 (jiǎn) (Hsinchu & Taichung Hokkien) 儉樸／俭朴 (jiǎnpǔ) (thrifty and simple) 儉省／俭省 (jiǎnshěng) 儉約／俭约 (jiǎnyuē) 克己 (kèjǐ)

刻苦 (kèkǔ) 抾拾 (Hokkien) 樸素／朴素 (pǔsù) 節儉／节俭 (jiéjiǎn) 節省／节省 (jiéshěng) 節約／节约 (jiéyuē) 簡省／简省 (Hokkien) 粒積／粒积 (Hokkien)