謹慎

See also: 谨慎 and 謹愼

Chinese

cautious cautious
trad. (謹慎) 謹 慎
simp. (谨慎) 谨 慎

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 謹 慎
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 欣 (57) 真 (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 居隱切 時刃切
Baxter kj+nX dzyinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kɨnX/ /d͡ʑiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kɨnX/ /d͡ʑinH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kiənX/ /d͡ʑjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kɨnX/ /d͡ʑinH/
Li
Rong
/kiənX/ /ʑiĕnH/
Wang
Li
/kĭənX/ /ʑĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ki̯ənX/ /ʑi̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jǐn shèn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gan2 san6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 謹 慎
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jǐn shèn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kj+nX › ‹ dzyinH ›
Old
Chinese
/*kə[r]ʔ/ /*[d]i[n]-s/
English attentive, careful careful

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 謹 慎
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 6744 17082
Phonetic
component
堇 眞
Rime
group
文 眞
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
謹 愼
Old
Chinese
/*kɯnʔ/ /*djins/

Adjective

謹慎

  1. cautious; careful; prudent; circumspect; wary

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (謹慎):

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
謹 慎
きん
Grade: S
しん
Grade: S
kan’on
Alternative spelling
謹愼 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

謹(きん)慎(しん) • (kinshin) 

  1. self restraint
    謹(きん)慎(しん)処(しょ)分(ぶん)を食(く)らう
    kinshin shobun o kurau
    to get suspended (from work or school)
  2. moderating one's behaviour
  3. penitence
  4. discipline

Derived terms

Adjective

謹(きん)慎(しん) • (kinshin) -na (adnominal 謹(きん)慎(しん)な (kinshin na), adverbial 謹(きん)慎(しん)に (kinshin ni))

  1. prudent; disciplined

Inflection

Verb

謹(きん)慎(しん)する • (kinshin suru) intransitive suru (stem 謹(きん)慎(しん)し (kinshin shi), past 謹(きん)慎(しん)した (kinshin shita))

  1. to behave; to be on one's best behavior
  2. to have self restraint
  3. to be penitent

Conjugation

References

  1. Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
謹慎

Adjective

謹慎

  1. chữ Hán form of cẩn thận (“careful; cautious”).
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