俭

The character "俭" has 9 strokes. "俭" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "俭" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "俭" are "jiǎn" . View the stroke order of "俭">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "俭"

adj.: thrifty; frugal; economical

• thrifty : adj.节约的；节俭的；茁壮的；健康的；富足的；繁荣的；昌盛的；成功的
• frugal : adj.节俭的；俭省的；廉价的；简单且花钱少的
• economical : adj.经济的；合算的；简练的；简洁的；不浪费钱的；节约的；节省的；不浪费的

Form words with "俭"

Example phrases using "俭"

• 一曰慈；二曰俭；三曰不敢为天下先。

  The first is gentleness; the second is economy; and the third is shrinking from taking precedence of others.

• “俭”家沟通得很好，就像是一个二人世界的小家庭，这给我很深的印象。

  I was impressed at how well the Economides communicate as a couple.

• (电视节目中隐去了真名)管他们叫做亚利桑那“俭”（Economides）家，这个诨名对他们很合适，他们一家都是超级节约狂。

  They are the aptly named Economides family from Arizona, and they are super-savers.