吝

The character "吝" has 7 strokes. "吝" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "吝" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "吝" are "lìn" . View the stroke order of "吝">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "吝"

v.: stint; grudge

adj.: stingy; mean; miserly; parsimonious; mingy; closefisted

• stint : v.吝惜地供给；缺量供给；吝啬；限量给；节约
• grudge : n.不满；嫌隙；积怨
• stingy : adj.吝啬的；小气的；不慷慨的
• mean : v.指示；表示；意味；意欲；打算；引起；造成；应该做；被要求做；意思是
• miserly : adj.守财奴的；吝啬鬼的；小得可怜的；差得远的
• parsimonious : adj.吝啬的；过度节俭的
• mingy : adj.吝啬的；小气的；小得令人吃惊的；少得可怜的

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Example phrases using "吝"

• 所有的神甫全一样, 又贪又吝.

  These priests are all thus, greedy and avaricious.