吝嗇

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See also: 吝啬

Chinese

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stingy stingy
trad. (吝嗇)
simp. (吝啬)
alternative forms 遴嗇遴啬

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (37) (21)
Final () (43) (134)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter linH srik
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/liɪnH/ /ʃɨk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/linH/ /ʃɨk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ljenH/ /ʃiek̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/linH/ /ʂik̚/
Li
Rong
/liĕnH/ /ʃiək̚/
Wang
Li
/lĭĕnH/ /ʃĭək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/li̯ĕnH/ /ʂi̯ək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lìn she
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lan6 sik1
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
lìn
Middle
Chinese
‹ linH › ‹ srik ›
Old
Chinese
/*mə.rə[n]-s/ /*s.rək/
English stingy reap

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 8230 10992
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*m·rins/ /*srɯɡ/
Notes

Adjective

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吝嗇

  1. stingy; miserly

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
りん
Hyōgai
しょく
Hyōgai
on'yomi

Adjective

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(りん)(しょく) (rinshoku-na (adnominal (りん)(しょく) (rinshoku na), adverbial (りん)(しょく) (rinshoku ni))

  1. stingy
Inflection
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Noun

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(りん)(しょく) (rinshoku

  1. miserliness, stinginess
  2. miser

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
けち
Hyōgai Hyōgai
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 吝嗇 – see the following entry.
けちケチ
[noun] miser
[noun] miserliness; stinginess
けち
[adjective] stingy, miserly
(This term, 吝嗇, is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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吝嗇 (insaek) (hangeul 인색)

  1. hanja form? of 인색 (miserliness, stinginess)