Translingual
Han character
吝 (Kangxi radical 30, 口 +4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 卜大口 (YKR ), four-corner 00604 , composition ⿱文 口 )
Derived characters
References
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
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
麐
*m·rin, *m·rins
吝
*m·rins
悋
*m·rins
Etymology
Compare Tibetan སྲི ( sri , “ to be thrifty ” ) , Proto-Central-Chin *ren ( “ to economize; frugal ” ) (whence Mizo ren ) (Geilich, 1994 ).
Pronunciation
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Definitions
(deprecated template usage ) 吝
stingy ; miserly ; parsimonious ; niggardly
( literary ) to regret ; to resent
九 三 ,咸 其 股 ,執 其 隨 ,往 吝 。 [Pre-Classical Chinese , trad. ] 九 三 ,咸 其 股 ,执 其 随 ,往 吝 。 [Pre-Classical Chinese , simp. ] From: I Ching , 11th – 8th century BCE , translated based on James Legge 's versionJiǔ 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 .
a surname
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
吝嗇 (“stingy; miserly”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
吝 , 嗇 , 慳 , 吝嗇 , 慳吝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
吝嗇 , 小氣 , 慳吝
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
小氣 , 摳 , 摳兒 , 摳門兒 , 小摳兒 , 死摳兒 , 摳搜 , 摳唆 , 嗇刻
Langfang
摳
Chengde
摳兒
Chifeng
吝嗇 , 摳兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
小摳兒 , 小氣
Heihe
吝嗇 , 摳 , 摳門兒 , 小摳兒
Qiqihar
吝嗇 , 摳 , 摳門兒
Harbin
摳 , 摳門兒 , 小摳兒 , 摳搜 , 小氣 , 夾夾咕咕 , 玍屄
Baicheng
吝嗇 , 摳
Changchun
小摳
Tonghua
摳門兒
Shenyang
吝嗇 , 小摳 , 摳
Jinzhou
吝嗇 , 摳 , 摳搜 , 渠
Malaysia
吝嗇
Singapore
吝嗇
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
摳兒 , 摳門兒 , 摳唆 , 死摳兒 , 窮摳兒
Tangshan
摳惜
Cangzhou
摳兒
Baoding
摳 , 窮摳
Shijiazhuang
摳 , 老摳兒
Lijin
摳 , 不出息
Jinan
摳 , 摳門兒 , 小氣
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Dalian
黑饞
Dandong
吝嗇 , 摳 , 小摳兒
Yantai
摳 , 奸
Yantai (Muping)
摳 , 摳搜
Qingdao
奸 , 拤古
Zhucheng
拤古
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
摳唆 , 小氣 , 吝嗇
Lingbao
吝嗇 , 嗇皮
Jining
摳
Daming
老摳兒
Wanrong
摳 , 小氣
Linfen
摳
Shangqiu
摳 , 老鱉一
Yuanyang
摳兒
Zhengzhou
摳 , 尖
Xinyang
尖
Baihe
嗇皮
Xi'an
小氣 , 嗇 , 吝嗇 , 嗇皮 , 摳
Baoji
嗇皮
Tianshui
吝嗇
Xining
摳 , 摳皮 , 細詳 , 搜 , 小氣
Xuzhou
搜 , 摳 , 搜摳兒 , 搜摳 , 搜屄摳兒 , 薄氣 , 不出血
Fuyang
吝嗇 , 摳 , 尖
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
摳搜 , 薄嗇 , 嗇 , 小氣
Lanzhou
摳搜 , 嗇皮 , 嗇 , 小氣
Dunhuang
嗇
Hami
摳
Ürümqi
摳 , 摳搜 , 嗇皮 , 小氣
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
摳 , 小氣 , 夾 , 苟 , 嗇 , 坎
Nanchong
吝嗇 , 摳
Hanyuan
嗇
Xichang
嗇 , 坎
Zigong
吝嗇 , 摳
Chongqing
吝嗇 , 夾 , 財 , 老默 , 摳
Wuhan
吝嗇 , 摳 , 慳 , 小氣
Yichang
吝嗇 , 嗇 , 小氣
Xiangyang
吝嗇 , 雀薄
Tianmen
吝嗇
Guiyang
摳 , 夾摳 , 夾殼 , 小氣
Zunyi
摳 , 夾殼兒
Bijie
夾摳 , 夾殼
Liping
吝嗇 , 摳 , 小氣
Zhaotong
小氣
Dali
尖鉤鉤
Kunming
吝嗇 , 小氣 , 秀 , 秀氣郎當
Mengzi
摳
Guilin
摳
Guilin (Lingui)
吝嗇
Liuzhou
吝嗇 , 摳 , 沙 , 小氣
Liuzhou (Luorong)
吝嗇
Jishou
摳
Changde
摳
Hanzhong
嗇皮
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
摳 , 嗇 , 小氣 , 尿日鬼
Yangzhou
摳 , 小氣 , 嗇掐 , 嗇苛 , 嗇 , 吝嗇
Lianyungang
吝嗇 , 免頭
Lianshui
小氣
Nantong
小氣 , 嗇掐
Anqing
摳
Wuhu
摳 , 尿
Hefei
摳 , 小氣 , 算小
Hong'an
小氣 , 慳 , 刻薄
Cantonese
Guangzhou
孤寒 , 慳濕 , 度縮 , 眼緊 , 縮骨 , 麻米 , 細囈 , 小氣 , 知微 , 知慎
Hong Kong
孤寒 , 度縮 , 縮骨
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
孤寒
Macau
孤寒
Guangzhou (Panyu)
孤寒
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
孤寒
Guangzhou (Conghua)
孤寒
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
孤寒
Foshan
孤寒
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
孤寒
Foshan (Shunde)
孤寒
Foshan (Sanshui)
孤寒
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
孤寒
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
孤寒
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
孤寒
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
孤寒
Zhuhai (Doumen)
孤寒
Jiangmen (Baisha)
孤寒
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
孤寒
Taishan
孤寒 , 針屎
Kaiping (Chikan)
孤寒 , 針屎
Enping (Niujiang)
耳屎 , 孤寒
Heshan (Yayao)
孤寒
Dongguan
孤寒 , 縮骨
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
孤寒
Qingyuan
孤寒
Fogang
孤寒
Yingde (Hanguang)
孤寒
Yangshan
孤寒
Lianshan (Butian)
慳
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
孤寒
Shaoguan
孤寒
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
孤寒
Renhua
孤寒
Lechang
孤寒
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
孤寒
Sihui
孤寒
Guangning
孤寒
Deqing
孤寒
Huaiji
孤寒
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
孤寒
Yunfu
孤寒
Xinxing
孤寒
Luoding
孤寒
Yunan (Pingtai)
孤寒
Yangjiang
孤寒 , 小格
Xinyi
孤寒
Lianjiang
小氣 , 慳嗇
Nanning
孤寒 , 小氣
Wuzhou
孤寒
Beiliu (Tangliao)
慳
Lingshan
慳
Pubei
慳
Beihai
慳濕 , 孤寒
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
孤寒
Danzhou
細氣
Singapore (Guangfu)
孤寒
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
小氣
Móng Cái
孤寒
Gan
Nanchang
嗇 , 小氣
Lichuan
慳吝 , 小氣
Pingxiang
肋嗇 , 嗇魔 , 小氣
Hakka
Meixian
齧 , 齧察 , 歪 , 孤寒 , 皮西艾曬 , 唆嗇 , 淒老
Xingning
歪
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
孤寒 , 蔑屑
Huidong (Daling)
小氣 , 孤寒
Dongguan (Qingxi)
孤寒
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
孤寒
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
孤寒
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
孤寒
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
孤寒
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
孤寒
Jiexi
嗇
Luhe
齧察
Changting
癄
Wuping
齧
Wuping (Pingyu)
歪 , 齧察
Ninghua
精
Yudu
小氣 , 小相
Ruijin
小氣
Shangyou (Shexi)
精 , 小氣
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
齧 , 齧察 , 鹹合澀 , 鹹澀
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
齧 , 齧察 , 齧唧 , 鹹合澀 , 鹹澀
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
齧 , 齧察 , 齧合澀 , 澀齧
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
齧 , 齧察 , 鹹合澀
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
齧察 , 齧合澀
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
硞 , 虯 , 鹹合澀
Luchuan (Daqiao)
摳
Beiliu (Tang'an)
小氣
Huizhou
Jixi
小毛 , 小氣 , 小鬼
Shexian
小氣 , 吃小米
Jin
Taiyuan
小氣 , 摳索 , 吝嗇
Pingyao
摳 , 小氣
Yangyuan
吝嗇 , 摳 , 磨慳 , 慳
Datong
吝嗇 , 摳
Xinzhou
鬼祟 , 小氣
Lüliang (Lishi)
摳
Changzhi
摳 , 慳 , 摳搜
Linhe
憋 , 缺
Jining
摳
Hohhot
小氣
Erenhot
摳 , 小氣
Pingshan
摳唆
Zhangjiakou
摳門兒 , 摳 , 吝嗇
Handan
小氣 , 摳兒門兒 , 摳兒 , 嗇結頭
Linzhou
摳
Suide
嗇
Northern Min
Jian'ou
嗇鄙 , 小癖氣
Songxi
小氣
Zhenghe
嗇鄙
Jianyang
嗇鄙
Wuyishan
嗇
Pucheng (Shibei)
嗇
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
貽順 , 奸狡 , 奸狡利 , 小氣 , 十絕
Fuqing
小氣 , 𣍐捨 , 奸小利
Southern Min
Xiamen
枵鬼 , 譴相 , 小鄙臉 , 貓 , 貓神 , 貓𡳞 vulgar , 貓潲 vulgar , 㾀屎 vulgar , 鹹 , 澀 , 鹹澀 , 鹹掛澀 , 雞孫 , 凍霜 , 攝屎 , 鄙釐 , 虯 , 竭 , 𣍐做儂
Quanzhou
枵鬼 , 譴相 , 貓 , 貓𡳞 vulgar , 貓潲 vulgar , 㾀屎 vulgar , 鹹 , 澀 , 鹹澀 , 鹹掛澀 , 雞孫 , 捻𡳞 vulgar , 捻 , 鄙釐 , 虯 , 𣍐做儂
Zhangzhou
枵鬼 , 小鬼臉 , 㾀屎庀 vulgar , 鹹 , 澀 , 鹹澀 , 鹹澀韌 , 蟯 , 蟯鬼 , 蟯疕 , 桶庀 , 鄙釐 , 毛絲 , 虯 , 𣍐做儂 , 雞攝膣 , 攝雞膣 , 攝屎 , 𠢕儉
Zhangpu
枝釐
Yunxiao
夾絲
Taipei
牛螕 , 凍霜 , 鹹澀
Taipei (Wanhua)
凍霜
New Taipei (Tamsui)
凍霜 , 鹹澀 , 牛螕 , 孤獨
New Taipei (Sanxia)
牛螕 , 苛頭 , 凍霜 , 鹹澀
New Taipei (Pingxi)
孤霜 , 㾀屎
Kaohsiung
牛螕 , 凍霜 , 鹹澀 , 硞
Kaohsiung (Cijin)
凍霜 , 硞
Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
凍霜 , 鹹澀 , 苛頭 , 硞 , 虯
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
凍霜 , 鹹澀 , 苛頭 , 硞 , 虯
Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
凍霜 , 苛頭
Yilan
凍霜 , 貓筩 , 鹹澀 , 虯
Changhua (Lukang)
虯 , 凍霜 , 硞 , 鹹澀
Taichung
凍霜 , 硞 , 硞仔頭
Taichung (Wuqi)
凍霜
Tainan
虯 , 苛頭 , 凍霜 , 硞 , 鹹澀
Tainan (Anping)
凍霜 , 鹹澀 , 硞 , 虯
Taitung
凍霜
Hsinchu
凍霜 , 鹹澀 , 㾀屎 vulgar , 鹹
Kinmen
凍霜 , 孤霜 , 鹹澀
Penghu (Magong)
凍霜 , 孤霜 , 鹹澀 , 牛螕 , 虯
Penghu (Xiyu)
孤獨 , 凍霜 , 鹹澀 , 苛頭
Penang (Hokkien)
鹹澀 , 鹹
Singapore (Hokkien)
枵鬼 , 貓 , 鹹 , 澀 , 鹹澀 , 鹹掛澀 , 貓潲 vulgar , 貓𡳞 vulgar , 㾀屎 vulgar
Manila (Hokkien)
鹹澀 , 鹹 , 汌 , 貓潲 vulgar
Longyan
挾潲
Datian
澀鼻
Chaozhou
鹹澀
Shantou
鹹澀
Jieyang
鹹澀 , 酸澀 , 迡噝 , 奸狡 , 鼠鬼相
Singapore (Teochew)
鹹澀 , 貓
Leizhou
慳 , 慳嘜 , 刻目 , 刺麻
Wenchang
鹹澀 , 細氣
Haikou
鹹澀
Singapore (Hainanese)
鹹澀 , 鹹
Puxian Min
Putian
鹹澀
Xianyou
鹹澀
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
孤寒
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
孤寒 , 孽屎
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
小氣 , 小相
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Chaoyang)
小氣
Guilin (Zhuyuan)
吝嗇
Lingchuan (Tanxia)
小氣
Wu
Shanghai
小氣 , 密屑 , 賅刁 , 摳 , 刮皮 , 酷 , 刁 , 勿爽氣
Shanghai (Chongming)
小氣
Suzhou
小氣 , 算小 , 掐
Wuxi
小氣 , 嗇
Changzhou
小氣
Danyang
嗇掐 , 小氣
Hangzhou
小氣 , 精馬 , 精巴
Ningbo
小氣 , 刮皮
Wenzhou
小氣 , 貓 , 吃不得
Jinhua
小氣 , 刻嗇 , 貓涴
Xiang
Changsha
吝毛 , 小氣 , 摳 , 疜
Loudi
小相
Shuangfeng
小氣
Quanzhou
吝嗇
Guanyang (Wenshi)
小相
Xiangnan Tuhua
Jiangyong
小氣
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
吝
(Hyōgai kanji )
miserly
stingy
sparing
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
吝 (eum 린 ( rin ) )
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Vietnamese
Han character
吝 : Hán Nôm readings: lận
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Zhuang
Adjective
吝
Sawndip form of ningq ( “ small; young (as a child) ” )