辛勤

Chinese

		8th heavenly stem; tired	diligent; frequent
simp. and trad. (辛勤)		辛	勤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ kan⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sin-khûn / sin-khîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sing¹ keng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sincín
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-chʻin²
    • Yale: syīn-chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinchyn
    • Palladius: синьцинь (sinʹcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ kan⁴
    • Yale: sān kàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ kan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ ken⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ kʰɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-khûn
    • Tâi-lô: sin-khûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinquun
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰun²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ kʰun²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² kʰun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-khîn
    • Tâi-lô: sin-khîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinqiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² kʰin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sing¹ keng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sing khṳ̂ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ³³⁻²³ kʰɯŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

辛勤

1. hardworking; industrious; painstaking

Related terms

• 勤勞／勤劳 (qínláo)
• 辛苦 (xīnkǔ)