趁

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

• 𦼛

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

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

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

   filch food while the opportunity is there

4. (Min) to earn (money)

   趁大錢／趁大钱 [Hokkien]  ―  thàn tōa-chîⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to earn a lot of 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.

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

7. (Eastern Min) from; since
8. (Mainland China Hokkien) to imitate (someone)
9. (Quanzhou and Xiamen Hokkien) to shoo away; to drive away (poultry or livestock)

• “趁”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

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• Go-on: ちん (chin)
• Kan-on: ちん (chin)
• Kun: おう (ou, 趁う)

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

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趁: Hán Việt readings: sấn^[1][2][3][4]
趁: Nôm readings: sấn^[1], sán^[1], sắn^[1], sớn^[5], thấn^[5], xớn^[5]

1. chữ Hán form of sấn (“chase, "while it is still/right..."”).