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媵

yìng

Character

What 媵 means

1. maid escorting bride to new home
2. concubine

Words starting with 媵

• 媵侍yìng shìconcubine (old)

Characters built on 月

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

• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 赢yíngto beat; to win; to profit
• 腥xīngfishy (smell)
• 膺yīngbreast; receive
• 腈jīngacrylic
• 嬴Yíngsurname Ying
• 胫jìnglower part of leg

Sounds the same

Read yìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 硬hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly
• 映(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)
• 应to answer; to respond; to comply with
• 賏pearls or shells strung together