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吝

lìn

HSK 6 Character

What 吝 means

1. bound formstingy

Other readings

吝 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• lìnvariant of {吝|lìn}

Example sentences

• 他非常吝啬。
  Tā fēicháng lìnsè.
  He is very stingy with his money.
• 你真是个吝啬鬼！
  What a miser you are!
• 你这个吝啬的老头。
  Nǐ zhège lìnsè de lǎotóu.
  You're a mean old man.
• 玛莉不喜欢跟汤姆一样吝啬的男人。
  Mǎlì bù xǐhuān gēn Tāngmǔ yīyàng lìnsè de nánrén.
  Mary doesn't like men who are stingy like Tom.

Words starting with 吝

• 吝啬lìn sèstingy; mean; miserly
• 吝惜lìn xīto stint; to be miserly
• 吝啬鬼lìn sè guǐmiser; penny-pincher

Words containing 吝

• 不吝bù lìnnot to stint; to be generous (with praise etc); to be prepared to…
• 鄙吝bǐ lìnvulgar; stingy; miserly; mean
• 不吝珠玉bù lìn zhū yù(idiom) (courteous) please give me your frank opinion…
• 不吝赐教bù lìn cì jiàoto be so kind as to enlighten me
• 悭吝qiān lìn(literary) miserly; stingy

Characters built on 文

These share the phonetic component 文 (wén), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 斌bīnvariant of 彬
• 玟mínjade-like stone
• 闵Mǐnsurname Min

Characters that look like 吝

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 各gèeach; every
• 谷gǔgrain; corn
• 妄wàngabsurd; fantastic; presumptuous
• 杏xìngapricot; (bound form) almond
• 妾qièconcubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
• 昙tándark clouds

Sounds the same

Read lìn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赁to rent
• 淋to filter; to strain; to drain
• 蔺juncus effusus
• 躏used in 蹂躏
• 膦phosphine
• 𡳞(Minnan dialect) male genitals; penis
• 躙variant of 躏, to trample down; to oppress; to overrun