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勤

qín

HSK 5 Character

What 勤 means

1. diligent; industrious; hardworking
2. frequent; regular; constant
3. bound formwork; duty; attendance

Other readings

勤 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qínvariant of {勤|qín}; industrious; solicitous

Example sentences

• 中国人民非常勤劳。
  Zhōngguórén mín fēicháng qínláo.
  The Chinese are a hard-working people.
• 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.
• 父亲是个勤奋的人。
  Dad is a hard worker.
• 他们说他非常勤奋。
  They say that he's very diligent.
• 谢谢你的辛勤工作。
  Thank you for your hard work.
• 我花很多时间通勤。
  I spend a lot of time commuting.

Words starting with 勤

• 勤奋qín fènhardworking; diligent
• 勤劳qín láohardworking; industrious; diligent
• 勤俭qín jiǎnhardworking and frugal
• 勤恳qín kěndiligent and attentive; assiduous; sincere
• 勤快qín kuàidiligent; hardworking
• 勤工俭学qín gōng jiǎn xuéto work part-time while studying; work-study program
• 勤勤恳恳qín qín kěn kěnindustrious and conscientious; assiduous
• 勤勉qín miǎndiligence; diligent; industrious
• 勤力qín lìhardworking; diligent
• 勤务qín wùservice; duties; an orderly (military)
• 勤勤qín qínattentive; solicitous; earnest
• 勤密qín mìoften; frequently
• 勤王qín wángto serve the king diligently; to save the country in times of danger…
• 勤苦qín kǔhardworking; assiduous
• 勤谨qín jǐndiligent and painstaking
• 勤杂qín záodd jobs; servant or army orderly doing odd jobs
• 勤务兵qín wù bīngarmy orderly
• 勤务员qín wù yuánodd job man; army orderly
• 勤劳致富qín láo zhì fùto get rich through hard work
• 勤学苦练qín xué kǔ liànto study diligently; to train assiduously
• 勤政廉政qín zhèng lián zhènghonest and industrious government functionaries (idiom)
• 勤朴qín pǔsimple and industrious; hardworking and frugal
• 勤则不匮qín zé bù kuìIf one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
• 勤能补拙qín néng bǔ zhuō(idiom) hard work can make up for lack of natural talent

Words containing 勤

• 后勤hòu qínlogistics
• 辛勤xīn qínhardworking; industrious
• 殷勤yīn qínpolitely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
• 执勤zhí qínto be on duty (of a security guard etc)
• 考勤kǎo qínto check attendance (at school or workplace); to monitor efficiency (of workers)
• 献殷勤xiàn yīn qínto be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc)…
• 出勤chū qínto go to work; to be present (at work, school etc); to be away on business
• 王励勤Wáng Lì qínWang Liqin (1978-), former PRC table tennis player, Olympic medalist
• 天道酬勤tiān dào chóu qínHeaven rewards the diligent. (idiom)
• 内勤nèi qínclerical work in the office; office work; office staff; clerk
• 全勤quán qín(of an individual) to have a perfect attendance record; (of a group) to have no absentees
• 地勤dì qín(aviation) ground services; ground staff
• 外勤wài qínwork done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters); fieldwork…
• 特勤tè qínspecial duty (e.g. extra security or traffic control on special occasions)…
• 空勤kōng qín(aviation) in-flight services; flight crew
• 缺勤quē qínto be absent from work or school
• 通勤tōng qíncommuting
• 后勤学hòu qín xuémilitary logistics
• 考勤表kǎo qín biǎoattendance sheet
• 地勤人员dì qín rén yuán(airport) ground crew
• 业精于勤yè jīng yú qínmastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous…
• 总后勤部Zǒng hòu qín bù(military) General Logistics Department
• 特种空勤团Tè zhǒng kōng qín tuánSpecial Air Service (SAS)
• 措勤县Cuò qín XiànCoqên, a county in Ngari Prefecture 阿里地区

Characters built on 堇

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

• 谨jǐncautious; careful; solemnly
• 瑾jǐnbrilliancy (of gems)
• 觐jìn(history) to have an audience with the Emperor
• 馑jǐntime of famine or crop failure
• 槿jǐnHibiscus syriacus; transient
• 鄞yínused in 鄞州

Characters that look like 勤

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

• 散sànto scatter; to break up (a meeting etc); to disperse
• 躲duǒto hide; to dodge; to avoid
• 敲qiāoto hit; to strike; to tap
• 鲑guītrout; salmon
• 骷kūused in 骷髅
• 毂gūused in 毂辘

Sounds the same

Read qín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 琴guqin 古琴; musical instrument in general
• 禽(bound form) birds; fowl; (literary) birds and animals; old variant of 擒
• 擒to capture
• 噙to hold in (usually refers the mouth or eyes)
• 芹Chinese celery
• 嗪used in phonetic transcription -xine, -zine or -chin
• 螓small cicada with a square head
• 檎used in 林檎
• 芩Phragmites japonica
• 慬(literary) brave; worried; distressed
• 庈(person)
• 锓to carve