吝
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Translingual
[edit]Han character
[edit]吝 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜大口 (YKR), four-corner 00604, composition ⿱文口)
Derived characters
[edit]References
[edit]- Kangxi Dictionary: page 177, character 13
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3327
- Dae Jaweon: page 394, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 594, character 4
- Unihan data for U+541D
Chinese
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Glyph origin
[edit]Historical forms of the character 吝 | ||||
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Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Etymology
[edit]Compare Tibetan སྲི (sri, “to be thrifty”), Proto-Central-Chin *ren (“to economize; frugal”) (whence Mizo ren) (Geilich, 1994).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nin4
- Cantonese
- Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): nin4
- Jin (Wiktionary): ling3
- Northern Min (KCR): nēng
- Eastern Min (BUC): lêng
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6lin
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): lin4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lìn
- Wade–Giles: lin4
- Yale: lìn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linn
- Palladius: линь (linʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lin⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: nin4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lin
- Sinological IPA (key): /nin²¹³/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: leon6
- Yale: leuhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: loen6
- Guangdong Romanization: lên6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɵn²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: lun5
- Sinological IPA (key): /lun³²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: ling3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /lĩŋ⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nēng
- Sinological IPA (key): /neiŋ⁵⁵/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lêng
- Sinological IPA (key): /l̃ɛiŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liām
- Tâi-lô: liām
- Phofsit Daibuun: liam
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liam⁴¹/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liam²²/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: liang6 / liêng6
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liăng / liĕng
- Sinological IPA (key): /liaŋ³⁵/, /lieŋ³⁵/
Note: liêng6 - Chaozhou.
- Middle Chinese: linH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə.rə[n]-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*m·rins/
Definitions
[edit]吝
- stingy; miserly; parsimonious; niggardly
- 子曰:「如有周公之才之美,使驕且吝,其餘不足觀也已。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zǐ yuē: “Rú yǒu zhōugōng zhī cái zhī měi, shǐ jiāo qiě lìn, qíyú bùzú guān yě yǐ.” [Pinyin]
- The Master said, "Though a man have abilities as admirable as those of the duke of Zhou, yet if he be proud and niggardly, those other things are really not worth being looked at."
子曰:「如有周公之才之美,使骄且吝,其余不足观也已。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) to regret; to resent
- 九三,咸其股,執其隨,往吝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Jiǔ sān, xián qí gǔ, zhí qí suí, wǎng lìn. [Pinyin]
- The third NINE, undivided, shows one moving his thighs, and keeping close hold of those whom he follows. Going forward (in this way) will cause regret.
九三,咸其股,执其随,往吝。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- a surname
Synonyms
[edit]Compounds
[edit]- 不吝 (bùlìn)
- 不吝指教 (bùlìnzhǐjiào)
- 不吝珠玉
- 不吝賜教/不吝赐教 (bùlìncìjiào)
- 不吝金玉
- 介吝
- 偏吝
- 儉吝/俭吝
- 出內之吝/出内之吝
- 出納之吝/出纳之吝
- 刻吝
- 占吝
- 吉凶悔吝
- 吝口
- 吝嗇/吝啬 (lìnsè)
- 吝嗇鬼/吝啬鬼 (lìnsèguǐ)
- 吝嫉
- 吝情
- 吝惜 (lìnxī)
- 吝愛/吝爱
- 吝慳/吝悭
- 吝毛
- 吝簡/吝简
- 吝細/吝细
- 吝色
- 吝道
- 吝選/吝选
- 吝顧/吝顾
- 吝驕/吝骄
- 咎吝
- 嗇吝/啬吝
- 困吝
- 執吝/执吝
- 大吝
- 小吝
- 悔吝
- 惜吝
- 愛吝/爱吝
- 慊吝
- 慚吝/惭吝
- 慳吝/悭吝 (qiānlìn)
- 慳吝苦剋/悭吝苦克
- 改過不吝/改过不吝
- 時吝/时吝
- 榮吝/荣吝
- 狹吝/狭吝
- 玼吝
- 珍吝
- 疵吝
- 矜吝
- 祕吝/秘吝
- 節吝/节吝
- 粉吝紅慳/粉吝红悭
- 系吝
- 繁言吝嗇/繁言吝啬
- 纖吝/纤吝
- 褊吝
- 貞吝/贞吝
- 貪吝/贪吝 (tānlìn)
- 足吝
- 遺吝/遗吝
- 鄙吝 (bǐlìn)
- 障吝
- 靳吝
- 驕吝/骄吝
- 黏吝繳繞/黏吝缴绕
Japanese
[edit]Kanji
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Readings
[edit]Compounds
[edit]- 吝嗇 (rinshoku)
Korean
[edit]Hanja
[edit]吝 (eum 린 (rin))
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Vietnamese
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