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Chinese
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surname; dynasty; flourishing surname; dynasty; flourishing; roll of thunder; dark red |
diligent; frequent
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| trad. (殷勤/慇勤/慇懃)
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殷/慇
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勤/懃
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| simp. (殷勤)
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殷
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勤
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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殷
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殷
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勤
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| Reading #
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2/4
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3/4
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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yīn
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yīn
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qín
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ʔjɨn ›
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‹ ʔjɨn ›
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‹ gjɨn ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʔə/
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/*ʔə/
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/*ər/
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| English
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殷殷 distressed
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ample, many
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toil, diligent, devoted
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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殷
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勤
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| Reading #
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2/2
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1/1
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| No.
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15232
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6749
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Phonetic
component
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殷
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堇
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Rime
group
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文
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文
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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殷
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勤
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Old
Chinese
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/*qɯn/
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/*ɡɯn/
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Adjective
殷勤
- eagerly attentive; earnest; courteous; sincere; diligent
吾正欲使孔明知我殷勤之意。 - From: c. 1330 - 1400, 羅貫中 (Luo Guanzhong), 《三國演義》 (Romance of the Three Kingdoms), chapter 37
- Wú zhèng yù shǐ Kǒngmíng zhī wǒ yīnqín zhī yì.
- I would like to make known to Kongming my earnest intentions.
殷勤，不可懶惰；要心裏火熱，常常服事主。
殷勤，不可懒惰；要心里火热，常常服事主。 - From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 羅馬書 (Romans) 12:11
- Yīnqín, bùkě lǎnduò; yào xīnlǐ huǒrè, chángcháng fúshì Zhǔ.
- n diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord (Revised Version)
多謝神，感動提多的心，叫他待你們殷勤，像我一樣。
多谢神，感动提多的心，叫他待你们殷勤，像我一样。 - From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 哥林多後書 8:16
- Duōxiè Shén, gǎndòng Tíduō de xīn, jiào tā dài nǐmen yīnqín, xiàng wǒ yīyàng.
- But thanks be to God, which putteth the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus. (Revised Version)
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Vietnamese
Adjective
殷勤
- chữ Hán form of ân cần.