勤

qín

Meanings

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qín

1.diligent; industrious; hardworking
2.frequent; regular; constant
3.(bound form) work; duty; attendance

qín

1.variant of 勤[qín]
2.industrious
3.solicitous

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Wiktionary

1.to burden, make somebody labor
2.industrious, diligent
3.to aid, assist
4.(literary) to be busy with, be dedicated to
5.(literary) hardship, toil; laborious, exhausting
6.(literary) to worry, be distressed
7.to commend for labor
8.to cherish
9.eager, yearning
10.to be exhausted, deplete
11.frequently, often; frequent
12.duty, service
13.80th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "laboring" (𝍕)
14.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡɯn): phonetic 堇 (OC *ɡrɯn, *kɯnʔ) + semantic 力 (“strength”).

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Stroke order

Components

勤堇力

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我希望他来信更勤些。
I wish he would write more often.

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Related words

勤奋 hardworking 辛勤 hardworking; industrious 后勤 logistics 勤劳 hardworking; industrious; diligent 勤快 diligent; hardworking 殷勤 politely 勤俭 hardworking and frugal 勤恳 diligent and attentive 值勤 variant of 执勤[zhí qín]勤力 hardworking 勤王 to serve the king diligently 勤杂 odd jobs