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颖

yǐng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 穎

What 颖 means

1. head of grain
2. husk
3. tip
4. point
5. clever
6. gifted
7. outstanding

Example sentences

• 身着西装，他脱颖而出。
  Wearing a suit, he stood out.
• 玛丽从大约500名申请者中脱颖而出。
  Mǎlì cóng dàyuē 500 míng shēnqǐng zhě zhōng tuōyǐng'érchū.
  Mary got the nod from among some 500 applicants.
• 许多网路公司为求生存而需要新颖的商业模式。
  Xǔduō wǎnglù gōngsī wèi qiúshēng cún ér xūyào xīnyǐng de shāngyèmóshì.
  Many on-line companies need to have a new approach to business to survive.
• 大家听了，都很高兴，觉得这个婚礼又新颖又有意义。
  Dàjiā tīng le, dōu hěn gāoxìng, juéde zhège hūnlǐ yòu xīnyǐng yòu yǒuyìyì.
  Everyone listened and was very happy, thinking this wedding was both original and meaningful.

Words starting with 颖

• 颖果yǐng guǒ(botany) caryopsis
• 颖异yǐng yìhighly intelligent; original and unique
• 颖悟yǐng wùintelligent; bright

Words containing 颖

• 新颖xīn yǐnglit. new bud; fig. new and original
• 脱颖而出tuō yǐng ér chūto reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself
• 聪颖cōng yǐngsmart; intelligent
• 王颖Wáng YǐngWayne Wang (1949-), Chinese US film director
• 邓颖超Dèng Yǐng chāoDeng Yingchao (1904-1992), Chinese communist leader, wife of Zhou Enlai 周恩来
• 孔颖达Kǒng Yǐng dáKong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar
• 关颖珊Guān Yǐng shānMichelle Kwan (1980-), former American figure skater, Olympic medalist

Characters that look like 颖

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

• 程chéngrule; order; regulations
• 疑yí(bound form) to doubt; to suspect
• 摆bǎito arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro
• 颗kēclassifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc
• 媛yuánused in 婵媛
• 颊jiácheeks

Sounds the same

Read yǐng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 影picture; image; film
• 瘿goiter; knob on tree
• 郢Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵县
• 矨short and small
• 颍surname Ying; river in Henan and Anhui
• 颕old variant of 颖