Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Diligent, industrious, assiduous: Describes a person who works or studies with consistent, careful, and persistent effort. It implies steady, hardworking, and devoted application to a task or duty over time.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Học sinh đó rất chuyên cần. (That student is very diligent.)
  • Anh ấy là một công nhân chuyên cần. (He is an industrious worker.)
  • Cô ấy học tập chuyên cần. (She studies diligently.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a positive, commendatory tone and is frequently used in formal or educational contexts to praise consistent effort and dedication.

Variants and Related Words

• Chuyên cần học tập (phrase): to be diligent in one's studies.

  • Sự chuyên cần học tập của cậu ấy thật đáng khen. (His diligence in studying is truly commendable.)

• Làm ăn chuyên cần (phrase): to be industrious in one's work or business.

  • Nhờ làm ăn chuyên cần, gia đình họ đã khá giả lên. (Thanks to being industrious in their work, their family has become more prosperous.)

Synonyms

• Diligent: Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties.
• Industrious: Diligent and hard-working.
• Assiduous: Showing great care and perseverance.
• Hardworking: Tending to work with energy and commitment.

Related Idioms

• While "chuyên cần" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is the core quality described in the Vietnamese idiom:
  • Cần cù bù thông minh: Diligence can compensate for a lack of innate intelligence.

    • Cậu ấy không phải thiên tài, nhưng cần cù bù thông minh. (He is not a genius, but hard work makes up for it.)

adj

1. Diligent, industrious, assiduous
   • học tập chuyên cần
     to be diligent in one's learning
   • làm ăn chuyên cần
     to be industrious in one's work