殷勤

See also: 慇勤 and 慇懃

Chinese

		surname; dynasty; flourishing surname; dynasty; flourishing; roll of thunder; dark red	diligent; frequent
trad. (殷勤/慇勤/慇懃)		殷/慇	勤/懃
simp. (殷勤)		殷	勤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnqín

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ kan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yîn-khiùn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): un-khûn / in-khûn / in-khîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnqín
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄑㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yincín
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-chʻin²
    • Yale: yīn-chín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inchyn
    • Palladius: иньцинь (inʹcinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰin³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ kan⁴
    • Yale: yān kàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ kan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ ken⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ kʰɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-khiùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: in^ˊ kiun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ kiun²
    • Sinological IPA: /in²⁴ kʰi̯un¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîn-khiùn
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in^ˊ kiun^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin¹ kiun²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in²⁴ kʰi̯un¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: un-khûn
    • Tâi-lô: un-khûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: unquun
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un³³ kʰun²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁴⁴⁻²² kʰun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-khûn
    • Tâi-lô: in-khûn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: inquun
    • IPA (Taipei): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰun²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-khîn
    • Tâi-lô: in-khîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: inqiin
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰin²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² kʰin¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: 'j+n gj+n

Rime
Character	殷	勤
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	欣 (57)	欣 (57)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於斤切	巨斤切
Baxter	'j+n	gj+n
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨn/	/ɡɨn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔɨn/	/ɡɨn/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiən/	/ɡiən/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɨn/	/gɨn/
Li Rong	/ʔiən/	/ɡiən/
Wang Li	/ĭən/	/ɡĭən/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ən/	/gi̯ən/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn	qín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jan1	kan4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔə[r]  [ɡ]ər/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qɯn  ɡɯn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	殷	殷	勤
Reading #	2/4	3/4	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yīn	yīn	qín
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔjɨn ›	‹ ʔjɨn ›	‹ gjɨn ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔə[r]/	/*ʔə[r]/	/*[ɡ]ər/
English	殷殷 distressed	ample, many	toil, diligent, devoted
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	殷	勤
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	15232	6749
Phonetic component	殷	堇
Rime group	文	文
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	殷	勤
Old Chinese	/*qɯn/	/*ɡɯn/

Adjective

殷勤

1. eagerly attentive; earnest; courteous; sincere; diligent

   • 吾正欲使孔明知我殷勤之意。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: c. 1330 - 1400, 羅貫中 (Luo Guanzhong), 《三國演義》 (Romance of the Three Kingdoms), chapter 37

     Wú zhèng yù shǐ Kǒngmíng zhī wǒ yīnqín zhī yì. [Pinyin]

     I would like to make known to Kongming my earnest intentions.

   • 殷勤，不可懶惰；要心裏火熱，常常服事主。 [MSC, trad.]
     殷勤，不可懒惰；要心里火热，常常服事主。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 羅馬書 (Romans) 12:11

     Yīnqín, bùkě lǎnduò; yào xīnlǐ huǒrè, chángcháng fúshì Zhǔ. [Pinyin]

     [I]n diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord[.] (Revised Version)

   • 多謝神，感動提多的心，叫他待你們殷勤，像我一樣。 [MSC, trad.]
     多谢神，感动提多的心，叫他待你们殷勤，像我一样。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 哥林多後書 8:16

     Duōxiè Shén, gǎndòng Tíduō de xīn, jiào tā dài nǐmen yīnqín, xiàng wǒ yīyàng. [Pinyin]

     But thanks be to God, which putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus. (Revised Version)

Synonyms

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• 熱心／热心 (rèxīn)
• 熱忱／热忱 (rèchén)
• 熱情／热情 (rèqíng)
• 熱火／热火 (rèhuǒ) (colloquial)
• 熱烈／热烈 (rèliè)
• 熾熱／炽热 (chìrè)

 

Derived terms

• 加二殷勤
• 殷殷勤勤
• 獻殷勤 (xiàn yīnqín)

 

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
殷	勤

Adjective

殷勤

1. chữ Hán form of ân cần.