Translingual

Han character

趁 (radical 156 走+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 土人人竹竹 (GOOHH), four-corner 4880₂, composition ⿺走㐱)

References

• KangXi: page 1216, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 37083
• Dae Jaweon: page 1685, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3482, character 13
• Unihan data for U+8D81

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *nlanʔ, *l̥ʰɯns, *l'ɯn) : semantic 走 ‎(“to run”) + phonetic 㐱.

Pronunciation

Definitions

趁

1. (literary or Min) to chase; to pursue
2. (literary or Min) to follow; to accompany
3. to take advantage of (time, opportunity, etc); to avail oneself of
   • 趁機會偷嘢食 [Cantonese, trad.]
     趁机会偷嘢食 [Cantonese, simp.]

     can³ gei¹ wui⁶ tau¹ je⁵ sik⁶ [Jyutping]

     take advantage of the situation and filch food

4. (Min) to earn (money)
5. (Mandarin, colloquial) to have a lot of

   趁錢 / 趁钱  ―  chènqián  ―  wealthy

6. used to indicate a present situation: while circumstances are optimal

   趁熱打鐵 / 趁热打铁  ―  chèn rè dǎ tiě  ―  to strike while the iron is hot

   • 趁天氣好，快出去玩兒吧。 [MSC, trad.]
     趁天气好，快出去玩儿吧。 [MSC, simp.]

     Chèn tiānqì hǎo, kuài chūqù wánr ba. [Pinyin]

     While the weather's good, go outside and play.

7. (Min Dong) from; since

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ちん (chin)
• Kun: おう (ou)

Korean

Hanja

趁 • ‎(jin, jeon) (hangeul 진, 전, revised jin, jeon, McCune-Reischauer chin, chŏn, Yale cin, cen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

趁 (sấn, sớn, thấn, sán, sắn, xớn)

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