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茵

yīn

Character

What 茵 means

1. mattress

Example sentences

• 莱茵河流经法国和德国国界。
  Láiyīn Hé liú jīng Fǎguó hé Déguó guójiè.
  The Rhine flows between France and Germany.

Words starting with 茵

• 茵芋yīn yùSkimmia japonica

Words containing 茵

• 莱茵河Lái yīn HéRhine River
• 绿茵lǜ yīngrassy area
• 绿茵场lǜ yīn chǎngfootball field
• 碧草如茵bì cǎo rú yīngreen grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
• 绿草如茵lǜ cǎo rú yīngreen grass like cushion (idiom); green meadow so inviting to sleep on
• 北莱茵·威斯特法伦州Běi lái yīn · Wēi sī tè fǎ lún zhōuNordrhein-Westfalen, state of Germany

Characters built on 因

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

• 姻yīnmarriage connections
• 铟yīnindium (chemistry)
• 氤yīnused in 氤氲
• 洇yīnto soak; to blotch; to splotch

Characters that look like 茵

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

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 若ruòto seem; like; as
• 差chàdifferent; wrong; mistaken; to fall short; to lack
• 苗miáosprout
• 茜qiàn(bound form) Indian madder; munjeet (Rubia cordifolia); (bound form) madder red…
• 甾zāisteroid nucleus

Sounds the same

Read yīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 因cause; reason; because
• 阴overcast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 音sound; noise; note (of musical scale)
• 姻marriage connections
• 荫(bound form) shade (of a tree)
• 殷flourishing; abundant; earnest
• 铟indium (chemistry)
• 慇solicitous
• 氤used in 氤氲
• 喑mute
• 洇to soak; to blotch; to splotch
• 愔peaceful; solemn