克勤克儉

Chinese

		gram; subdue; to restrain gram; subdue; to restrain; to overcome	diligent; frequent	gram; subdue; to restrain gram; subdue; to restrain; to overcome	frugal; to be in need
trad. (克勤克儉)		克	勤	克	儉
simp. (克勤克俭)		克	勤	克	俭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kèqínkèjiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ kan⁴ hak¹ gim⁶ / haak¹ kan⁴ haak¹ gim⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kèqínkèjiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄎㄜˋ ㄐㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kècínkèjiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-chʻin²-kʻo⁴-chien³
  - Yale: kè-chín-kè-jyǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehchynkehjean
  - Palladius: кэцинькэцзянь (kɛcinʹkɛczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰin³⁵ kʰɤ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hak¹ kan⁴ hak¹ gim⁶ / haak¹ kan⁴ haak¹ gim⁶
  - Yale: hāk kàhn hāk gihm / hāak kàhn hāak gihm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ kan⁴ hak⁷ gim⁶ / haak⁷ kan⁴ haak⁷ gim⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ ken⁴ heg¹ gim⁶ / hag¹ ken⁴ hag¹ gim⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ kʰɐn²¹ hɐk̚⁵ kiːm²²/, /haːk̚⁵ kʰɐn²¹ haːk̚⁵ kiːm²²/

Idiom

克勤克儉

hardworking and thrifty