儉
jiǎn
temperate, frugal, economical
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 人
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 3
Simplified form: 俭
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 俭, the simplified form of 儉. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
Example sentences
他勤俭节约，甚至是小气的。
Tā qín jiǎn jié yuē shèn zhì shì xiǎo qì de
He is thrifty, not to say stingy.
她习惯了勤俭的生活
Tā xí guàn le qín jiǎn de shēng huó
She is used to living a hardworking and frugal life.
凭着节俭，她设法以自己微薄的薪水生活。
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.
Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.