吝 Chinese Dictionary
Find the redical,pronunciation,strokes and meaning of Chinese word. One word one time.
| No. | Word | Radical | Strokes | Pronunciation | Meaning |
| 1 | 吝 | 7 | lìn | 吝 (形声。从口,文声。本义顾惜,舍不得) 同本义(爱惜过分,当耗费的舍不得耗费,该使用的舍不得使用) 吝,恨惜也。--《说文》。字亦作恡,作悋。 凡贪而不施或谓之悋。悋,恨也。--《方言十》 以往吝。--《易·蒙》 坤为吝啬。--《易·说卦》 悔吝者,言乎其小疵也。--《易·系辞》 出纳之吝。--《论语》。皇疏难惜之也。” 商甚恡于财。--《孔子家语·致思》。注啬甚也。” 改过不吝。--《书·仲虺之诰》 惟予之公书,与张氏之吝书若不相类。--袁枚《黄生借书说》 犹之与人也,出纳之吝谓之有司。╠ 吝（恡）lìn ⒈舍不得，过分的省用钱物，当用的也不用～惜。～啬。 ⒉耻辱得之不休，不获不～（休善）。 |
Chinese dictionary is a reference book that contains an alphabetical list of words in Chinese language with their meanings in English. It can be used to learn new words, improve vocabulary, and understand the meaning of words in Chinese language. This is an online Chinese dictionaries can be used for free.
To use the Chinese dictionary, please follow these steps:
Look up the word you want to know in the dictionary.
If you don’t know how to write the word in Chinese characters, you can use the pinyin (the romanization of Chinese) to find it.
If you don’t know the pinyin either, you can use the radical index (a list of all the radicals used in Chinese characters) to find it.
Once you find the word, look at its definition and example sentences to understand its meaning and usage.
You can also use paper dictionaries which are organized by radicals, number of strokes, and lastly by alphabetic order.
