趁

See also 趂

Translingual

Han character

趁 (radical 156 走+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土人人竹竹 (GOOHH), four-corner 4880₂)

1. take advantage of, avail oneself

References

• KangXi: page 1216, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37083
• Dae Jaweon: page 1685, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3482, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8D81

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Cantonese

Hanzi

趁 (Yale chan3)

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Japanese

Kanji

趁

Readings

• On: ちん (chin)
• Kun: おう (ou)

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Korean

Hanja

趁 (hangeul 진, 전, revised jin, jeon, McCune-Reischauer chin, chŏn, Yale cin, cen)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
趁

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

趁 (pinyin chèn (chen4), Wade-Giles ch'en⁴)

Conjunction

趁 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin chèn)

1. used to indicate a present situation

   趁天气好，快出去玩儿吧。

   While the weather's good, go outside and play.

Verb

趁 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin chèn)

1. to take advantage (of time, opportunity, etc)
2. (slang) to have a lot of

   一個趁錢的人 (trad.)

   一个趁钱的人 (simp.)

   a wealthy person

3. (literary) to pursue

References

• 2005, Yu Feng; Zhijie Jia, Jie Cai, Yaohua Shi, Judith M. Amory, Pop Chinese: A Cheng & Tsui Handbook Of Contemporary Colloquial Expressions (Cheng & Tsui Asian Dictionary Series) (话是这么说：中国当代流行语手册) (in English/Chinese), Boston: Cheng & Tsui, ISBN 0-88727-424-2:

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Vietnamese

Han character

趁 (sấn, sớn, thấn, sán, sắn, xớn)