嚴謹

See also: 严谨

Chinese

		(air or water) tight; stern; serious (air or water) tight; stern; serious; strict; severe	cautious
trad. (嚴謹)		嚴	謹
simp. (严谨)		严	谨
anagram		謹嚴／谨严

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yánjǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ gan²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiàm-kiún
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): giâm-kín

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngiam⁵ geng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yánjǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yánjǐn
    • Wade–Giles: yen²-chin³
    • Yale: yán-jǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yanjiin
    • Palladius: яньцзинь (janʹczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn³⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jim⁴ gan²
    • Yale: yìhm gán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ gan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ gen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ kɐn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàm-kiún
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiam^ˇ giun^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiam² giun³
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯am¹¹ ki̯un³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giâm-kín
    • Tâi-lô: giâm-kín
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giamkien
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiam²⁴⁻²² kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiam²⁴⁻²² kin⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiam¹³⁻²² kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiam²⁴⁻¹¹ kin⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiam²³⁻³³ kin⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngiam⁵ geng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngiâm kṳ́ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiam⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kɯŋ⁵²/

Adjective

嚴謹

1. (of one's attitude) cautious; careful; meticulous; rigorous
2. (of the structure of literature, speech, etc.) rigorous; strict; compact

Synonyms

• (cautious):

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• 不苟 (bùgǒu) (formal)
• 仔細 / 仔细 (zǐxì)
• 嚴 / 严 (yán)
• 嚴肅 / 严肃 (yánsù)
• 墘角 (gièng-gáe̤k) (Eastern Min)
• 密切 (mìqiè)
• 審慎 / 审慎 (shěnshèn) (formal)
• 對重 / 对重 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 小心 (xiǎoxīn)
• 慎密 (shènmì)
• 慎重 (shènzhòng)
• 慘淡 / 惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 持重 (chízhòng)
• 板正 (bǎnzhèng)
• 正經 / 正经
• 當心 / 当心 (dāngxīn)
• 精心 (jīngxīn)
• 精細 / 精细 (jīngxì)
• 細心 / 细心 (xìxīn)
• 細膩 / 细腻 (xìnì) (Min)
• 致重 (Hokkien)
• 認真 / 认真 (rènzhēn)
• 謹嚴 / 谨严 (jǐnyán)
• 謹慎 / 谨慎 (jǐnshèn)
• 較真 / 较真 (jiàozhēn) (colloquial)
• 過細 / 过细 (guòxì)
• 鞠躬 (jūgōng) (literary)
• 頂真 / 顶真 (dǐngzhēn) (dialectal)

• (rigorous): 嚴格／严格 (yángé)