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俭

jiǎn

HSK 6 Character Traditional 儉

What 俭 means

1. bound formfrugal; thrifty

Example sentences

• 她习惯了勤俭的生活
  Tā xíguàn le qínjiǎn de shēnghuó
  She is used to living a hardworking and frugal life.
• 他勤俭节约，甚至是小气的。
  He is thrifty, not to say stingy.
• 为了存钱他省吃俭用了许多年。
  Wèile cúnqián tā shěngchījiǎnyòng le xǔduō nián.
  He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.
• 历览前贤国与家，成由勤俭破由奢。
  Looking back at the former wise rulers and nations, their success was achieved through diligence and frugality, while their downfall was caused by extravagance and luxury.
• 凭着节俭，她设法以自己微薄的薪水生活。
  Píng zhe jiéjiǎn, tā shèfǎ yǐ zìjǐ wēibó de xīnshuǐ shēnghuó.
  By frugality she managed to get along on her small salary.

Words starting with 俭

• 俭朴jiǎn pǔthrifty and simple
• 俭学jiǎn xuéto be frugal so that one can pay for one's education
• 俭用jiǎn yòngto economize; to be frugal
• 俭省jiǎn shěngthrifty; economical; sparing
• 俭约jiǎn yuēfrugal; economical; thrifty
• 俭素jiǎn sùthrifty and plain
• 俭腹jiǎn fùlacking in knowledge; ignorant
• 俭薄jiǎn bómeager; poor
• 俭以养廉jiǎn yǐ yǎng lián(idiom) frugality makes honesty

Words containing 俭

• 勤俭qín jiǎnhardworking and frugal
• 节俭jié jiǎnfrugal; economical
• 勤工俭学qín gōng jiǎn xuéto work part-time while studying; work-study program
• 省吃俭用shěng chī jiǎn yòng(idiom) to live frugally
• 克俭kè jiǎnthrifty; frugal
• 从俭cóng jiǎneconomical; modest
• 省俭shěng jiǎnfrugal; thrifty
• 克勤克俭kè qín kè jiǎn(idiom) industrious and frugal
• 勤俭务实qín jiǎn wù shíhardworking, thrifty and pragmatic
• 勤俭建国qín jiǎn jiàn guó(idiom) to build up the country through thrift and hard work
• 勤俭持家qín jiǎn chí jiāhardworking and thrifty in running one's household
• 勤俭朴实qín jiǎn pǔ shíhardworking, thrifty and unpretentious
• 勤俭朴素qín jiǎn pǔ sùhardworking, thrifty and unpretentious
• 勤俭节约qín jiǎn jié yuē(idiom) diligent and thrifty
• 戒奢崇俭jiè shē chóng jiǎn(idiom) to refrain from extravagance and cherish frugality
• 温良恭俭wēn liáng gōng jiǎntemperate, kind, courteous and restrained
• 自奉俭约zì fèng jiǎn yuēto live frugally
• 自奉甚俭zì fèng shèn jiǎn(idiom) to allow oneself few comforts or pleasures
• 丰俭由人fēng jiǎn yóu rénfancy or simple according to one's budget
• 温良恭俭让wēn liáng gōng jiǎn ràngtemperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous
• 悭俭qiān jiǎnmiserly; stingy
• 知悭识俭zhī qiān shí jiǎn(idiom) to know how to be economical
• 由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难yóu jiǎn rù shē yì , yóu shē rù jiǎn nán(idiom) it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance; the reverse is not so easy

Characters built on 佥

These share the phonetic component 佥 (qiān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 险xiǎndanger; dangerous; rugged
• 检jiǎnto check; to examine; to inspect
• 签qiānto sign one's name; to write brief comments on a document…
• 脸liǎnface
• 剑jiàndouble-edged sword; classifier for blows of a sword
• 捡jiǎnto pick up; to collect; to gather
• 敛liǎn(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…
• 睑jiǎneyelid

Characters that look like 俭

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 倍bèi(two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double
• 恰qiàexactly; just
• 捡jiǎnto pick up; to collect; to gather
• 拴shuānto tie up
• 倏shūsudden; abrupt; Taiwan pr. shù
• 拾shèto ascend in light steps

Sounds the same

Read jiǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 检to check; to examine; to inspect
• 简simple; uncomplicated; letter
• 减to lower; to decrease; to reduce
• 剪(bound form) scissors or similar tool; to cut as with scissors; (bound form) to wipe out…
• 捡to pick up; to collect; to gather
• 柬card; note; letter
• 拣to choose; to pick; to sort out
• 蹇lame; cripple; unfortunate
• 茧(bound form) cocoon; (bound form) callus (variant of 趼
• 碱(chemistry) base; alkali; soda
• 睑eyelid
• 謇to speak out boldly