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Definition(s) for: 勤俭持家

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
勤俭持家 qín jiǎn chí jiā - hardworking and thrifty in running one's household

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 88,154 46,213 31,364

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qín- diligent; industrious; hardworking
- frequent; regular; constant
- (bound form) work; duty; attendance
qín- variant of 勤[qin2]
- industrious
- solicitous
jiǎn- (bound form) frugal; thrifty
chí- to hold
- to grasp
- to support
- to maintain
- to persevere
- to manage
- to run (i.e. administer)
- to control
jiā- home
- family
- (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
- classifier for families or businesses
- refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
- noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
- CL:個|个[ge4]
jiā- used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1ju4]

Other Words Containing 勤俭持家

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
勤俭持家 - - 88,154 46,213 31,364