勤勞

See also: 勤劳

Chinese

		diligent; frequent	toil
trad. (勤勞)		勤	勞
simp. (勤劳)		勤	劳

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qínláo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kan⁴ lou⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khûn-lô / khûn-lô͘ / khîn-lô

(Teochew, Peng'im): keng⁵ lao⁵
Wu (Suzhou, Wugniu): ²jin-lau₂

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qínláo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cínláo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻin²-lao²
  - Yale: chín-láu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chynlau
  - Palladius: циньлао (cinʹlao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin³⁵ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kan⁴ lou⁴
  - Yale: kàhn lòuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kan⁴ lou⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ken⁴ lou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐn²¹ lou̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khûn-lô
  - Tâi-lô: khûn-lô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qunlooi
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kʰun²⁴⁻²² lo²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰun²³⁻³³ lɤ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kʰun²⁴⁻¹¹ lo²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khûn-lô͘
  - Tâi-lô: khûn-lôo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qunloo
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰun²⁴⁻²² lɔ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khîn-lô
  - Tâi-lô: khîn-lô
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qinlooi
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰin¹³⁻²² lo¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: keng⁵ lao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳ̂ng lâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɯŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ lau⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²jin-lau₂
  - MiniDict: jin^平 lau^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /d͡ʑin²² læ³³/

Adjective

勤勞

hardworking; diligent; industrious

Synonyms

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下力 (xiàlì) (Muping Mandarin)
亹亹 (wěiwěi) (literary)
伶落 (lìng-lŏ̤h) (Eastern Min)
刻苦 (kèkǔ)
力落 (lag⁸ loh⁸) (Teochew)
努力 (nǔlì)
勤力 (qínlì) (literary or Cantonese)
勤勉 (qínmiǎn)
勤奮 / 勤奋 (qínfèn)
勤快 (qínkuài) (informal)
勤懇 / 勤恳 (qínkěn) (diligent and conscientious)
勤謹 / 勤谨 (Dungan)
堅苦 / 坚苦 (jiānkǔ) (hardworking and persevering)
巴劫 (bājié) (literary)
巴巴結結 / 巴巴结结 (bāba-jiējiē) (regional)
急計 / 急计 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
手勤 (shǒuqín)
用功 (yònggōng)
發狠 / 发狠 (fa³ hen⁶) (Xiang)
耐勞 / 耐劳 (nàiláo)
骨力 (Hokkien, Puxian Min)

Antonyms

懶惰／懒惰 (lǎnduò)

Related terms

辛苦 (xīnkǔ)
辛勤 (xīnqín)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
勤	勞
きん Grade: 6	ろう Hyōgai
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 勤勞 – see the following entry.

【勤労きんろう】

[noun] labor

[verb] to labor, to work

(This term, 勤勞, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
勤	勞

Noun

勤勞 • (geullo) (hangeul 근로)

hanja form^? of 근로 (“labor”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
勤	勞

Noun

勤勞

chữ Hán form of cần lao (“labor”)