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勤劳
qínláo
Main
English Definitionhardworking; industrious; diligent
Simplified Script勤劳
Traditional Script勤勞
Pinyinqínláo
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄌㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping)kan4lou4
Part of Speech(形) adjective
Proficiency Test LevelHSK=5; TOP=Intermediate
Word Decomposition
勤 qíndiligent; industrious; hardworking; frequent; regular; constant
劳 láoto toil; labor; laborer; to put somebody to trouble (of doing something); meritorious deed

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Words With Same Head Word    
勤奋qínfènhardworking; diligent
勤俭qínjiǎnhardworking and frugal
勤恳qínkěndiligent and attentive; assiduous; sincere
勤工俭学qín gōng jiǎnxuéto work part time while studying; work-study program
勤力qínlìhardworking; diligent
Words With Same Tail Word    
疲劳píláofatigue; wearily; weariness; weary
功劳gōngláocontribution; meritorious service; credit
操劳cāoláoto work hard; to look after
效劳xiàoláoto serve (in some capacity); to work for
克劳kèláoclausius
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