Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Diligent, assiduous: Describes a person who works or studies with consistent care, effort, and perseverance.
   • Industrious, hardworking: Characterized by constant, earnest, and energetic effort in one's work or duties.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cô ấy là một học sinh rất siêng năng. (She is a very diligent student.)
  • Anh ấy siêng năng làm việc để đạt được mục tiêu. (He works assiduously to achieve his goals.)
  • Sự siêng năng là chìa khóa của thành công. (Diligence is the key to success.) (Note: Here, the adjective form is used as an abstract noun in Vietnamese.)

Advanced Usage

• "siêng năng học tập": to study diligently.
  • Sinh viên cần siêng năng học tập. (Students need to study diligently.)
• "siêng năng làm việc": to work industriously.
  • Ông ấy siêng năng làm việc cả đời. (He worked industriously his whole life.)

Variants and Related Words

• Siêng (adj): A shorter, more colloquial form meaning diligent or hardworking.
  • Nó rất siêng đọc sách. (He is very diligent in reading books.)
• Cần cù (adj): A close synonym meaning industrious, hardworking.
  • Dân tộc Việt Nam rất cần cù. (The Vietnamese people are very industrious.)
• Chăm chỉ (adj): Another primary synonym meaning diligent, hardworking. Often used interchangeably with "siêng năng."
  • Cô ấy chăm chỉ luyện tập mỗi ngày. (She diligently practices every day.)

Synonyms

• Chuyên cần: assiduous, diligent (often in the context of study/attendance).
• Tận tụy: devoted, dedicated (implies deep commitment).
• Cần mẫn: industrious, painstaking.

Related Phrases

• Ăn cơm siêng năng, làm việc chăm chỉ: (Proverb) Literally "Eat diligently, work hardworking." Emphasizes the importance of diligence in all aspects of life.
• Siêng năng bù thông minh: (Idiom) Diligence compensates for a lack of innate intelligence. Similar to "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard."

adj

1. diligent, assiduous