俭
jiǎn
temperate, frugal, economical
- Strokes
- 9
- Level
- HSK 6 · TOCFL Level 5
- Frequency
- No. 3,829
- Traditional
- 儉
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What 俭 means
(bound form) frugal; thrifty
Words with 俭
- 节俭jié jiǎnfrugal; economical
- 俭学jiǎn xuéto be frugal so that one can pay for one's education
- 俭朴jiǎn pǔthrifty and simple
- 俭用jiǎn yòngto economize; to be frugal
- 俭省jiǎn shěngthrifty; economical; sparing
- 俭约jiǎn yuēfrugal; economical; thrifty
- 俭素jiǎn sùthrifty and plain
- 俭腹jiǎn fùlacking in knowledge; ignorant
- 俭薄jiǎn bómeager; poor
- 克俭kè jiǎnthrifty; frugal
- 勤俭qín jiǎnhardworking and frugal
- 从俭cóng jiǎneconomical; modest
俭 in a sentence
píng zhe jié jiǎn ， tā shè fǎ yǐ zì jǐ wēi bó de xīn shuǐ shēng huó 。
By frugality she managed to get along on her small salary.
tā qín jiǎn jié yuē ， shèn zhì shì xiǎo qì de 。
He is thrifty, not to say stingy.
tā xí guàn le qín jiǎn de shēng huó
She is used to living a hardworking and frugal life.
lì lǎn qián xián guó yǔ jiā ， chéng yóu qín jiǎn pò yóu shē 。
Looking back at the former wise rulers and nations, their success was achieved through diligence and frugality, while their downfall was caused by extravagance and luxury.