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寅

yín

Character

What 寅 means

1. 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger
2. ancient Chinese compass point: 60°

Words starting with 寅

• 寅时yín shí3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
• 寅虎yín hǔYear 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
• 寅吃卯粮yín chī mǎo liánglit. eating away next year's food in advance; fig. to dip into the next month's check…
• 寅支卯粮yín zhī mǎo liángsee 寅吃卯粮

Words containing 寅

• 甲寅jiǎ yín51st year A3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1974 or 2034
• 丙寅bǐng yínthird year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
• 唐寅Táng YínTang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern…
• 文在寅Wén Zài yínMoon Jae-in (1953-), Korean politician and human rights lawyer, president of Korea from…
• 戊寅wù yínfifteenth year E3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058
• 庚寅gēng yíntwenty-seventh year G3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2010 or 2070
• 子丑寅卯zǐ chǒu yín mǎo(idiom) a full and coherent account of a matter; the complete facts of the case…
• 壬寅rén yínthirty-ninth year I3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1962 or 2022

Characters that look like 寅

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

• 商shāngcommerce; merchant; dealer
• 赁lìnto rent
• 宵xiāonight
• 窘jiǒngdistressed; embarrassed
• 雳lìused in 霹雳
• 宸chénimperial apartments

Sounds the same

Read yín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 银silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency
• 吟to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems)…
• 淫excess; excessive; wanton
• 垠limit; border; river bank
• 鄞used in 鄞州
• 婬obscene, licentious, lewd
• 狺snarling of dogs
• 夤late at night
• 崟high; rugged mountains; steep
• 霪heavy rain
• 冘to go forward; to advance
• 嚚insincere; stupid

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