節約

See also: 节约

Chinese

		festival; section; segment festival; section; segment; point; part; to economize; to save; temperate	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (節約)		節	約
simp. (节约)		节	约

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiéyuē

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zit³ joek³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chiet-yok

(Hailu, HRS): zied rhog
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zeh⁶ yorh⁶ / zeh⁶ yoeh⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiat-iok / chiat-iak

(Teochew, Peng'im): zag⁴ iag⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiéyuē
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄩㄝ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiéyue
  - Wade–Giles: chieh²-yüeh¹
  - Yale: jyé-ywē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyeiue
  - Palladius: цзеюэ (czejue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zit³ joek³
  - Yale: jit yeuk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzit⁸ joek⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: jid³ yêg³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːt̚³ jœːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiet-yok
  - Hakka Romanization System: jied^ˋ iog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jiad⁵ yog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯et̚² i̯ok̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chiet-yok
  - Hakka Romanization System: jied^ˋ (r)iog^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: jiad⁵ yog⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡si̯et̚² (j)i̯ok̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zied rhog
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡siet⁵⁻² ʒok⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zeh⁶ yorh⁶ [Phonetic: zeh⁴ yorh⁶]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceh-io̤h
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛʔ²¹⁻⁴² yɒʔ²¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zeh⁶ yoeh⁶ [Phonetic: zeh⁷ yoeh⁶]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛʔ²⁻⁴ yøʔ²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-iok
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-iok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciat'iog
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /t͡siɛt̚⁵⁻²⁴ iɔk̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁴ iɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiat-iak
  - Tâi-lô: tsiat-iak
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciat'iag
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛt̚³²⁻⁵ iak̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zag⁴ iag⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsak iak
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sak̚²⁻⁴ iak̚²/

Verb

節約

to economise; to conserve (resources)
節約用水／节约用水 ― jiéyuē yòngshuǐ ― to conserve water

Synonyms

節省／节省 (jiéshěng)
撙節／撙节 (zǔnjié)

Antonyms

浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)

Adjective

節約

frugal; thrifty; economical
勤儉節約／勤俭节约 ― qínjiǎn jiéyuē ― hardworking and thrifty

Synonyms

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仔細 / 仔细 (zǐxì) (Northeastern Mandarin)
做人家 (Wu)
儉 / 俭 (jiǎn) (Hsinchu & Taichung Hokkien)
儉樸 / 俭朴 (jiǎnpǔ) (thrifty and simple)
儉省 / 俭省 (jiǎnshěng)
儉約 / 俭约 (jiǎnyuē) (literary)
克己 (kèjǐ)
刻苦 (kèkǔ)
抾拾 (Hokkien)
樸素 / 朴素 (pǔsù)
省儉 / 省俭 (shěngjiǎn)
節儉 / 节俭 (jiéjiǎn)
節省 / 节省 (jiéshěng)
簡省 / 简省 (Hokkien)
粒積 / 粒积 (Hokkien)
𧺤儉 / 𧺤俭 (Hokkien)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
節	約
せつ Grade: 4	やく Grade: 4
kan'on

Alternative spelling
節約 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せつやく [sètsúyákú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [se̞t͡sɨja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

節(せつ)約(やく) • (setsuyaku)

frugality
- 1935, 宮本百合子, 乳房:
  節約(せつやく)で、台所(だいどころ)の灯(ひ)はつけてない。
  Setsuyaku de, daidokoro no hi wa tsuketenai.
  To save money, I don't light the lamp in the kitchen.

Verb

節(せつ)約(やく)する • (setsuyaku suru) suru (stem 節(せつ)約(やく)し (setsuyaku shi), past 節(せつ)約(やく)した (setsuyaku shita))

economize

Conjugation

Conjugation of "節約する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	節約し	せつやくし	setsuyaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	節約し	せつやくし	setsuyaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	節約する	せつやくする	setsuyaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	節約する	せつやくする	setsuyaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	節約すれ	せつやくすれ	setsuyaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	節約せよ¹ 節約しろ²	せつやくせよ¹ せつやくしろ²	setsuyaku seyo¹ setsuyaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	節約される	せつやくされる	setsuyaku sareru
Causative	節約させる節約さす	せつやくさせるせつやくさす	setsuyaku saseru setsuyaku sasu
Potential	節約できる	せつやくできる	setsuyaku dekiru
Volitional	節約しよう	せつやくしよう	setsuyaku shiyō
Negative	節約しない	せつやくしない	setsuyaku shinai
Negative continuative	節約せず	せつやくせず	setsuyaku sezu
Formal	節約します	せつやくします	setsuyaku shimasu
Perfective	節約した	せつやくした	setsuyaku shita
Conjunctive	節約して	せつやくして	setsuyaku shite
Hypothetical conditional	節約すれば	せつやくすれば	setsuyaku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“節約”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
節	約

Noun

節約 • (jeoryak) (hangeul 절약)

hanja form^? of 절약 (“frugality”)