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勤

  • qín (qin²) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄑㄧㄣˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • kan⁴ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • kin³ Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • khiùn Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • kiun Hakka, Hakka Romanization System, 海陸
  • kiun² Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • kṳ̀ng Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • kyng² Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • koeng² Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • king² Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
  • khûn Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • khîn Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • khîrn Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • keng⁵ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • kêng⁵ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • king⁵ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁶jin Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • qín Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄑㄧㄣˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • cín Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • chʻin² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • chín Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • chyn Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • цинь Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /t͡ɕʰin³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • kan⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • kàhn Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • ken⁴ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *ɡɯn）：聲符 堇 (上古 *ɡrɯn, *kɯnʔ) + 意符 力 – 努力工作。

釋義

  1. 努力從事 辛勤
  2. 誠懇，周到 殷勤
  3. 使擔負徭役，使勞動
  4. 幫助化解危難
  5. literary, 用於組詞 勞苦，費力；艱難
  6. literary, 用於組詞 勤務，工作 外勤
  7. 盡心盡力的做
  8. 頻繁；經常，常常 勤洗手
  9. 太玄經中第80個爻象（𝍕）
  10. 姓氏

In English

  • hardworking taking their work seriously and doing it well and rapidly — see also industrious

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"勤." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%8B%A4. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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勤. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%8B%A4

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"勤." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%8B%A4.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {勤},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%8B%A4},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}