節約

節約

See also: 节约

Chinese

		festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (節約)		節	約
simp. (节约)		节	约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiéyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ joek³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiat-iok / chiat-iak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zag⁴ iag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiéyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiéyue
    • Wade–Giles: chieh²-yüeh¹
    • Yale: jyé-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyeiue
    • Palladius: цзеюэ (czejue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjɛ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zit³ joek³
    • Yale: jit yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jid³ yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ jœːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-iok
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciat'iog
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ iɔk̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-iak
    • Tâi-lô: tsiat-iak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciat'iag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛt̚³²⁻⁵ iak̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zag⁴ iag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsak iak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sak̚²⁻⁴ iak̚²/

Verb

節約

1. to economise; to conserve (resources)

   節約用水／节约用水  ―  jiéyuē yòngshuǐ  ―  to conserve water

Synonyms

• 節省／节省 (jiéshěng)
• 撙節／撙节 (zǔnjié)

Antonyms

• 浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)

Adjective

節約

1. frugal; thrifty; economical

   勤儉節約／勤俭节约  ―  qínjiǎn jiéyuē  ―  hardworking and thrifty

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 節約

做人家 (Wu) 克己 (kèjǐ) 刻苦 (kèkǔ) 抾拾 (Hokkien) 仔細／仔细 (zǐxì) (Northeastern Mandarin) 儉／俭 (jiǎn) (Hsinchu & Taichung Hokkien) 儉樸／俭朴 (jiǎnpǔ) (thrifty and simple) 儉省／俭省 (jiǎnshěng)

儉約／俭约 (jiǎnyuē) (literary) 樸素／朴素 (pǔsù) 節儉／节俭 (jiéjiǎn) 節省／节省 (jiéshěng) 簡省／简省 (Hokkien) 粒積／粒积 (Hokkien) 𧺤儉／𧺤俭 (Min Nan)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
節	約
せつ Grade: 4	やく Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
節約 (kyūjitai)

Noun

節(せつ)約(やく) • (setsuyaku) 

1. frugality
   • 1935, 宮本百合子, 乳房:

     節約(せつやく)で、台所(だいどころ)の灯(ひ)はつけてない。

     Setsuyaku de, daidokoro no hi wa tsuketenai.

     To save money, I don't light the lamp in the kitchen.

Verb

節(せつ)約(やく)する • (setsuyaku suru) suru (stem 節(せつ)約(やく)し (setsuyaku shi), past 節(せつ)約(やく)した (setsuyaku shita))

1. economize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "節約する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	節約し	せつやくし	setsuyaku shi
Continuative (連用形)	節約し	せつやくし	setsuyaku shi
Terminal (終止形)	節約する	せつやくする	setsuyaku suru
Attributive (連体形)	節約する	せつやくする	setsuyaku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	節約すれ	せつやくすれ	setsuyaku sure
Imperative (命令形)	節約せよ¹ 節約しろ²	せつやくせよ¹ せつやくしろ²	setsuyaku seyo¹ setsuyaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	節約される	せつやくされる	setsuyaku sareru
Causative	節約させる 節約さす	せつやくさせる せつやくさす	setsuyaku saseru setsuyaku sasu
Potential	節約できる	せつやくできる	setsuyaku dekiru
Volitional	節約しよう	せつやくしよう	setsuyaku shiyō
Negative	節約しない	せつやくしない	setsuyaku shinai
Negative continuative	節約せず	せつやくせず	setsuyaku sezu
Formal	節約します	せつやくします	setsuyaku shimasu
Perfective	節約した	せつやくした	setsuyaku shita
Conjunctive	節約して	せつやくして	setsuyaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	節約すれば	せつやくすれば	setsuyaku sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative