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矜

jīn

Character

What 矜 means

1. to boast
2. to esteem
3. to sympathize

Example sentences

• 回答这个问题时，有的人可能提出“中国人很好客而英国人比较矜持的”这样的例子。
  Huídá zhège wèntí shí, yǒude rén kěnéng tíchū "Zhōngguórén hěn hàokè ér Yīngguórén bǐjiào jīnchí de " zhèyàng de lìzi.
  When answering this question, some people might put forward this kind of example: "Chinese people are very hospitable, whilst English people are more reserved."

Words starting with 矜

• 矜持jīn chíreserved; aloof
• 矜贵jīn guìhigh-born; noble; aristocratic
• 矜功不立jīn gōng bù lìboasts a lot, but nothing comes of it (idiom)

Words containing 矜

• 哀矜āi jīnto take pity on; to feel sorry for
• 自矜zì jīnto boast; to blow one's own horn
• 骄矜jiāo jīnhaughty; proud
• 吊诡矜奇diào guǐ jīn qístrange and paradoxical

Characters built on 今

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

• 琴qínguqin 古琴; musical instrument in general
• 吟yínto chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems)…
• 衾qīncoverlet; quilt
• 妗jìnwife of mother's brother
• 芩qínPhragmites japonica
• 衿jīncollar; belt; variant of 襟
• 侌yīnold variant of 阴

Characters that look like 矜

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

• 种zhǒngseed; species; kind
• 转zhuǎnto turn; to change direction; to transfer
• 狗gǒudog
• 肿zhǒngto swell; swelling; swollen
• 胯kuàcrotch; groin; hip
• 秆gǎnstalks of grain

Sounds the same

Read jīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 今now; the present time; current
• 金gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals
• 斤catty; (mainland) weight equal to 500 g; (Taiwan) weight equal to 600 g
• 巾towel; general purpose cloth; women's headcovering (old)
• 津saliva; sweat; a ferry crossing
• 筋muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin
• 襟lapel; overlap of Chinese gown; fig. bosom (the seat of emotions)
• 禁to endure
• 衿collar; belt; variant of 襟
• 珒a kind of jade
• 祲evil force
• 紟a sash; to tie