俭 jiǎn

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Traditional form

儉 jiǎn

Contains the radical

亻 rén

Part of speech

Adjectival morpheme / 形语素 Xíng yǔ sù

Learning hint

person

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰亻佥

Semantic compound

亻 rén

Phonetic compound

佥 qiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 rén represents the meaning and 佥 qiān represents the sound. Simplified form of 儉 jiǎn .

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她 tā 拜访 bàifǎng 穷 qióng 亲戚 qīnqi 时 shí 穿 chuān 得 dé 比较 bǐjiào 俭朴 jiǎn pǔ , 以免 yǐmiǎn 因 yīn 摆阔 bǎi kuò 而 ér 伤害 shānghài 他们 tā men 的 de 感情 gǎnqíng .

She dressed down to visit her poor relatives, so as not to offend them by a show of her wealth.

为了 wèile 送 sòng 儿子 érzi 上 shǎng 大学 Dà xué ,他们 tā men 不得不 bùdébù 省吃俭用 shěng chī jiǎn yòng ,拼命 pīnmìng 攒 cuán 钱 Qián .

They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college.

俭省 jiǎn shěng 是 shì 致富 zhì fù 之 zhī 本 běn .

From saving comes having.

“墨西哥 Mò xī gē 的 de 烹调 pēng tiáo 注重 zhùzhòng 俭省 jiǎn shěng ，”她 tā 说 shuì ，“任何 rènhé 东西 dōngxī 都 dōu 不会 bù huì 浪费 làngfèi 。”

Mexican cookery is economical, she says. Nothing goes to waste.

就 jiù 为了 wèile 交齐每月 měi yuè 的 de 租金 zū jīn ，许多 xǔduō 家庭 jiātíng 不得不 bùdébù 省吃俭用 shěng chī jiǎn yòng 。

Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent.

Explore 13 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 俭 jiǎn in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
节俭 jié jiǎn	frugal	節儉
勤俭 qínjiǎn	hardworking and frugal	勤儉
省吃俭用 shěng chī jiǎn yòng	to live frugally	省吃儉用
勤工俭学 qín gōng jiǎn xué	work-study program	勤工儉學
俭 jiǎn	frugal	儉 jiǎn
俭省 jiǎn shěng	thrifty	儉省
勤俭持家 qín jiǎn chí jiā	hardworking and thrifty in running one's household	勤儉持家
勤俭节约 qín jiǎn jié yuē	diligent and thrifty (idiom)	勤儉節約
俭朴 jiǎn pǔ	plain and unadorned	儉朴
勤俭建国 qín jiǎn jiàn guó	to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)	勤儉建國
克勤克俭 kè qín kè jiǎn	to be industrious and frugal (idiom)	克勤克儉
温良恭俭让 wēn liáng gōng jiǎn ràng	kindhearted and moderate (idiom); temperate and gentle	溫良恭儉讓
省俭 shěng jiǎn	frugal	省儉