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啬

sè

HSK 6 Character Traditional 嗇

What 啬 means

1. stingy

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 containing 啬

• 吝啬lìn sèstingy; mean; miserly
• 吝啬鬼lìn sè guǐmiser; penny-pincher

Characters built on 土

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

• 社shè(bound form) society; organization; agency; (old) god of the land
• 坷kēused in 坷垃
• 垩èto whitewash; to plaster
• 壑hègully; ravine; Taiwan pr. huò
• 圪gē(phonetic)
• 坼chèto crack; to split; to break
• 塥gédry clay lump

Characters that look like 啬

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

• 普pǔgeneral; popular; everywhere
• 套tàoto cover; to encase; cover
• 泰tàisafe; peaceful; most
• 蛋dànegg; oval-shaped thing
• 秦Qínsurname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇; short name for 陕西
• 翕xīto open and close (the mouth etc); friendly; compliant

Sounds the same

Read sè, tone for tone, but written differently.

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