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谨

jǐn

HSK 5 Character Traditional 謹

What 谨 means

1. cautious
2. careful
3. solemnly
4. sincerely (formal)

Example sentences

• 谨待复信。
  I am looking forward to hearing from you.
• 她很谨慎。
  She's very cautious.
• 交友须谨慎。
  Jiāoyǒu xū jǐnshèn.
  You must be careful in choosing your friends.
• 汤姆非常谨慎。
  Tom has been very careful.
• 我谨记祸不单行。
  Wǒ jǐnjì huòbùdānxíng.
  I bear in mind that misfortunes never come singly.
• 我一生都谨慎行事。
  I've been careful my whole life.

Words starting with 谨

• 谨慎jǐn shèncautious; prudent
• 谨防jǐn fángto guard against; to beware of
• 谨上jǐn shàngrespectfully yours (in closing a letter)
• 谨启jǐn qǐto respectfully inform (used at the beginning or end of letters)
• 谨严jǐn yánmeticulous; rigorous
• 谨守jǐn shǒuto adhere strictly (to the rules)
• 谨订jǐn dìngwould like to invite (epistolary style)
• 谨记jǐn jìto remember with reverence; to bear in mind; to keep in mind

Words containing 谨

• 严谨yán jǐnrigorous; strict; careful; (of writing) well organized; meticulous
• 拘谨jū jǐnreserved; overcautious
• 小心谨慎xiǎo xīn jǐn shèncautious and timid (idiom); prudent; careful
• 勤谨qín jǐndiligent and painstaking
• 恭谨gōng jǐn(literary) respectful; deferential

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.

• 勤qíndiligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant; (bound form) work; duty…
• 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 谨

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

• 道dàoroad; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art…
• 渥wòto enrich; to moisten
• 慑shè(bound form) to fear; to be cowed; (bound form) to frighten; to intimidate; Taiwan pr. zhé
• 谟móplan; to practice
• 遁dùnto evade; to flee; to escape
• 谩mánto deceive

Sounds the same

Read jǐn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 仅barely; only; merely
• 紧tight; strict; close at hand
• 锦brocade; embroidered work; bright
• 尽to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme…
• 堇clay; old variant of 仅; violet (plant)
• 瑾brilliancy (of gems)
• 馑time of famine or crop failure
• 槿Hibiscus syriacus; transient
• 卺nuptial wine cup
• 厪hut
• 墐bury; plaster with mud
• 廑careful; hut; variant of 仅