勤 is also the simplified spelling of 懃.
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勤
Mandarin · pinyin qín
Meanings
- diligent; industrious; hardworking
- frequent; regular; constant
- (bound form) work; duty; attendance
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- 勤
- qín · industrious, diligent, attentive
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Mandarin tones
2 · qin2
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 14 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
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Cantonese word readings for 勤. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- (archaic) to burden, make somebody labor
- (literary or in compounds) industrious, diligent
- (archaic) to aid, assist
- (alt. form 懃／勤) (literary) to be busy with, be dedicated to
- (alt. form 懃／勤) (literary) hardship, toil; laborious, exhausting
- (alt. form 懃／勤) (literary) to worry, be distressed
- (archaic) to commend for labor
- (archaic) to cherish
- (literary or in compounds) eager, yearning
- (archaic) to be exhausted, deplete
- frequently, often; frequent
- (literary or in compounds) duty, service
- 80th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "laboring" (𝍕)
- a surname
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