辛勤

Chinese

		8th heavenly stem; tired	diligent; frequent
simp. and trad. (辛勤)		辛	勤

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīnqín

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣㄑㄧㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ kan⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sin-khûn / sin-khîn

(Teochew, Peng'im): sing¹ keng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīnqín
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣㄑㄧㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sincín
  - Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chʻin²
  - Yale: syīn-chín
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinchyn
  - Palladius: синьцинь (sinʹcinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ kan⁴
  - Yale: sān kàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ kan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ ken⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kʰɐn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-khûn
  - Tâi-lô: sin-khûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinquun
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰun²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ kʰun²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² kʰun²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-khîn
  - Tâi-lô: sin-khîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinqiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² kʰin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰin²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sing¹ keng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sing khṳ̂ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ³³⁻²³ kʰɯŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

辛勤

hardworking; industrious; painstaking

Related terms

勤勞／勤劳 (qínláo)
辛苦 (xīnkǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (辛勤):

→ Japanese: 辛勤(しんきん) (shinkin)
→ Korean: 신근(辛勤) (sin'geun)