悭 (慳) qiān
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qiān
adjective
stingy; miserly; frugal
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 吝啬 (CC-CEDICT '慳'; Guoyu '慳' adj; Kroll 2015 '慳' 1, p. 359; Mathews 1931 '慳', p. 113; Unihan '慳') -
qiān
noun
a miser
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '慳' n) -
qiān
verb
to be deficient
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 缺少 (Guoyu '慳' v 2; Kroll 2015 '慳' 1a, p. 359) -
qiān
verb
to obstruct; to hinder
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 阻礙 (Guoyu '慳' v 1)
Contained in
- 悭俭(慳儉) frugal
- 悭省(慳省) frugal
- 老悭(老慳) a miser
- 悭简(慳簡) reduce expenses
- 悭囊(慳囊) hide money in a purse
- 悭吝(慳吝) stingy; miserly
- 悭力(慳力) conserve strength
- 悭贪(慳貪) to be greedy
- 知悭识俭(知慳識儉) to know how to be economical
- 悭烦(慳煩) to spare one the trouble
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷二十六 本紀第二十六: 仁宗三 Volume 26 Annals 26: Renzong 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
- 卷九十六 列傳第四十六: 姚崇 宋璟 Volume 96 Biographies 46: Yao Chong, Song Jing Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 卷三十八 列傳第三十二 朱异 賀琛 Volume 38: Zhu Yi; He Chen Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 1
- 卷二十七 列傳第十五: 屈遵 張蒲 谷渾 公孫表 張濟 李先 賈彝 竇瑾 李訢 韓延之 袁式 毛脩之 唐和 寇讚 酈範 韓秀 堯暄 柳崇 Volume 27 Biographies 15: Qun Zun, Zhang Pu, Gu Hun, Gong Sunbiao, Zhang Ji, Li Xian, Jai Yi, Dou Jin, Li Xin, Han Yanzhi, Yuan Shi, Mao Xiuzhi, Tang He, Kou Zan, Li Fan, Han Xiu, Yao Xuan, Liu Cheng History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
- 第三十回 Chapter 30 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 1
- 第七十一回 Chapter 71 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
- 卷四十六 志第二十七: 食貨一 戶口 通檢推排 Volume 46 Treatises 27: Finance and Economics 1 - Thorough Examination and Organization of Registered Residences History of Jin 金史 — count: 1
- 卷五十九 Scroll 59 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷33 宋隱 王憲 屈遵 張蒲 榖渾 公孫表 張濟 李先 賈彝 薛提 Volume 33: Song Yin, Wang Xian, Qu Zun, Zhang Pu, Gu Hun, Gongsun Biao, Zhang Ji, Li Xian, Jia Yi, Xue Ti Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
- 卷十九 本紀第十九: 成宗二 Volume 19 Annals 19: Chengzong 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
Collocations
- 官悭 (官慳) 老奴官慳 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷33 宋隱 王憲 屈遵 張蒲 榖渾 公孫表 張濟 李先 賈彝 薛提 Volume 33: Song Yin, Wang Xian, Qu Zun, Zhang Pu, Gu Hun, Gongsun Biao, Zhang Ji, Li Xian, Jia Yi, Xue Ti — count: 2