節儉

節儉

See also: 节俭

Chinese

		festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	frugal; to be in need
trad. (節儉)		節	儉
simp. (节俭)		节	俭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéjiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ gim⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): chiat-khiǎm / chiat-khiām

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: jiéjiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyejean
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 節儉／节俭 節減／节减

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ gim⁶
    • Yale: jit gihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ gim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ gim⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ kiːm²²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-khiǎm
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-khiǎm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰiam²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-khiām
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-khiām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciatqiam
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ kʰiam²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiam²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ kʰiam³³/

Adjective

節儉

1. frugal; thrifty; economical

Synonyms

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𧺤儉／𧺤俭 (Min Nan) 儉樸／俭朴 (jiǎnpǔ) (thrifty and simple) 儉省／俭省 (jiǎnshěng) 儉約／俭约 (jiǎnyuē)

樸素／朴素 (pǔsù) 節省／节省 (jiéshěng) 節約／节约 (jiéyuē)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (節儉):

• → Korean: 절검 (節儉, jeolgeom)
• → Vietnamese: tiết kiệm (節儉)