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俭
儉
jiǎn
1. frugal
2. thrifty
3. needy
Uncommon • Top 38%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

俭
jiǎn
temperate, frugal, economical
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

节俭
jiéjiǎn
frugal
俭腹
jiǎnfù
lit. empty belly
俭薄
jiǎnbó
to lack the necessities of life
克俭
kèjiǎn
thrift
省俭
shěngjiǎn
frugal
俭学
jiǎnxué
to deny oneself comforts in order to save money for one's education
勤俭
qínjiǎn
hardworking and frugal
HSK 6
俭朴
jiǎnpǔ
plain and unadorned
俭用
jiǎnyòng
to skimp
俭省
jiǎnshěng
thrifty
悭俭
qiānjiǎn
to be frugal
俭约
jiǎnyuē
sparing
俭素
jiǎnsù
thrifty and plain
勤俭办学
qínjiǎnbànxué
to run a school diligently and thriftily
勤俭办社
qínjiǎnbànshè
to run an organization diligently and thriftily
勤工俭学
qíngōngjiǎnxué
to work part time while studying
奢入俭难
shērùjiǎnnán
it is hard to become frugal after becoming accustomed to luxury (idiom)
奢易俭难
shēyìjiǎnnán
easy to become accustomed to luxury, hard to become accustomed to frugality (idiom)
戒奢崇俭
jièshēchóngjiǎn
to refrain from high standard of living (idiom)
治丧从俭
zhìsàngcóngjiǎn
to be frugal in attending to funeral rites (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,890
Word Frequency Rank
31,766 of 84,292

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