"Thrifty" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 仔细 | zǐ xì | careful / attentive / cautious / to be careful / to look out / (dialect) thrifty / frugal |   |
| 俭省 | jiǎn shěng | thrifty / economical / sparing | |
| 俭 |  jiǎn | (bound form) frugal / thrifty | |
| 做人家 | zuò rén jiā | thrifty / economical | |
| 俭约 | jiǎn yuē | frugal / economical / thrifty | |
| 克俭 | kè jiǎn | thrifty / frugal | |
| 省俭 | shěng jiǎn | frugal / thrifty | |
| 勤俭节约 | qín jiǎn jié yuē | (idiom) diligent and thrifty | |
| 俭朴 | jiǎn pǔ | thrifty and simple | |
| 勤俭持家 | qín jiǎn chí jiā | hardworking and thrifty in running one's household | |
| 俭素 | jiǎn sù | thrifty and plain | |
| 勤俭务实 | qín jiǎn wù shí | hardworking, thrifty and pragmatic | |
| 勤俭朴实 | qín jiǎn pǔ shí | (idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious | |
| 勤俭朴素 | qín jiǎn pǔ sù | (idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious | |
| 厚养薄葬 | hòu yǎng bó zàng | generous care but a thrifty funeral / to look after one's parents generously, but not waste money on a lavish funeral | |
