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stingy

HSK 10
Human →Body →Face
lìn
リン
しわ.い、やぶさ.か、おし.む
린
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
吝
Regular
Modern
Chinese
吝 [lìn]
stingy
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (10)
吝啬 [lìn​sè] #14,985
stingy
吝啬 [lìn​sè] #14,985
stingy
吝啬鬼 [lìn​sè​guǐ] #22,002
miser
吝啬鬼 [lìn​sè​guǐ] #22,002
miser
不吝 [bù​lìn] #32,982
not to stint
吝惜 [lìn​xī] #40,481
to stint
悭吝 [qiān​lìn] #62,208
(literary) miserly
悭吝 [qiān​lìn] #62,208
(literary) miserly
鄙吝 [bǐ​lìn] #69,938
vulgar
不吝珠玉 [bù​lìn​zhū​yù] #75,494
lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.); fig. Please give me your frank opinion.
JAPANESE WORDS (13)
⭐ 惜しむ [おしむ] #5,818
to spare
吝かではない [やぶさかではない] #56,007
ready (to do)
吝嗇 [りんしょく] #56,937
stinginess
愛しむ [いとしむ] #61,119
to love
吝い [しわい] #65,919
stingy
悋気 [りんき] #71,104
jealousy
吝か [やぶさか] #72,337
reluctant
ケチ臭い [ケチくさい] #77,436
stingy
吝嗇家 [りんしょくか] #93,904
miser
吝かでない [やぶさかでない] #152,750
ready (to do)
3 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
인색
parsimony; stinginess; niggardliness