"Earnest" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 认真 | rèn zhēn | conscientious / earnest / serious / to take seriously / to take to heart |   |
| 严肃 | yán sù | (of an atmosphere etc) solemn / grave / serious / (of a manner etc) earnest / severe / exacting / to strictly enforce | |
| 郑重 | zhèng zhòng | serious / solemn / earnest / conscientious | |
| 恳切 | kěn qiè | earnest / sincere | |
| 稳重 | wěn zhòng | steady / earnest / staid | |
| 殷切 | yīn qiè | ardent / eager / earnest | |
| 殷殷 | yīn yīn | earnest / ardent (hope etc) | |
| 谆谆 | zhūn zhūn | earnest / devoted / tireless / sincere / assiduous | |
| 拳拳 | quán quán | earnest / sincere | |
| 恳 |  kěn | earnest | |
| 殷 | yīn | flourishing / abundant / earnest / hospitable | |
| 谆 | zhūn | repeatedly (in giving advice) / sincere / earnest / untiring | |
| 正儿八经 | zhèng ér bā jīng | serious / earnest / real / true | |
| 惓 | quán | earnest | |
| 剀切 | kǎi qiè | cogent / to the point / earnest / conscientious | |
| 勤勤 | qín qín | attentive / solicitous / earnest / sincere | |
| 正儿八板 | zhèng ér bā bǎn | earnest / authentic | |
| 保证金 | bǎo zhèng jīn | earnest money / cash deposit / bail / margin (in derivative trading) | |
| 一本正经 | yī běn zhèng jīng | in deadly earnest / deadpan | |
| 语重心长 | yǔ zhòng xīn cháng | meaningful and heartfelt words (idiom) / sincere and earnest wishes | |
| 订金 | dìng jīn | an initial payment / earnest money / deposit | |
| 苦口婆心 | kǔ kǒu pó xīn | earnest and well-meaning advice (idiom) / to persuade patiently | |
| 煞有介事 | shà yǒu jiè shì | to make a show of being very much in earnest (idiom) / to act as if one is taking things very seriously | |
| 三顾茅庐 | sān gù máo lú | lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb | |
| 定钱 | dìng qian | security deposit / earnest money (real estate) / good-faith deposit | |
| 定洋 | dìng yáng | earnest money / deposit | |
| 一本正经 | yī běn - zhèng jīng | (idiom) in deadly earnest / deadpan | |
| 寄语 | jì yǔ | to give an earnest message of good wishes, encouragement, or advice etc / a message of this sort | |
