吝嗇

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See also: 吝啬

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



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-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. * 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

吝嗇

  1. stingy; miserly

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

(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

Noun

(りん)(しょく) (rinshoku

  1. miserliness, stinginess
  2. miser

Etymology 2

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

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

吝嗇 (insaek) (hangeul 인색)

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