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Yìn

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Yìn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Yìn | Yin4
English translation
surname Yin
abbr. for 印度 Yìn dù [Yìn dù]
to print
to mark
to engrave
a seal
a print
a stamp
a mark
a trace
image
print; mark; seal, stamp

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About Yìn

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Yìn

Contains the radical

jié

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

A hand zhǎo stamping a seal jié

Etymology of Yìn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰? jié

Explanation

Pictograph of a kneeling person ( jié ) being held down by a hand ( zhǎo ). Based on the original meaning "restrain", now written as . The meaning later shifted to "push down", "stamp", and "print".

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Example sentences using Yìn

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de liǎn ,好象 hǎo xiàng 墨西哥 Mò xī gē 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén (阿兹 Tái 克人) diāo jiā shì 着刻出来 chū lái de 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān 的雕 xiàng .

He has the face as though an Aztec sculptor had attempted a portrait of Seba stian.

dūn zài 脚印 jiǎo yìn páng 仔细 zǐxì de 观察 guānchá .

He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely.

印第安 Yìn dì ān - qiáo lǎo shì 出现 chūxiàn zài de mèng , 而且 érqiě 露凶 guāng .

Injun Joe infested all his dreams, and always with doom in his eye.

gěi 印象 yìnxiàng zuì shēn de shì 伏明霞 Fú Míng xiá 精彩 jīngcǎi 完美 wánměi de Shuǐ yùn zuò .

Fu Mingxia impressed me most with her wonderful and perfect entry.

最近 zuìjìn zài 商务 shāngwù 印书馆出版 chūbǎn le de 4 běn zhuān zhù .

She has recently published her fourth book with the Commercial Press.

Words with Yìn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
印象 yìnxiàng impression印象 yìnxiàng
Yìn to print Yìn
印度 Yìn dù India印度 Yìn dù
印第安 Yìn dì ān (American) Indian印第安 Yìn dì ān
印尼 Yìn ní Indonesia (abbr. for 印度尼西亞|印度尼西亚 Yìn dù ní xī yà )印尼 Yìn ní
打印 dǎyìn to print打印 dǎyìn
印刷 yìnshuā to print印刷 yìnshuā
脚印 jiǎo yìn footprint腳印
印记 yìn jì imprint印記
复印件 fù yìn jiàn photocopy複印件
印度尼西亚 Yìn dù ní xī yà Indonesia印度尼西亞
复印 fùyìn to photocopy複印
打印机 dǎ yìn jī printer打印機
印章 yìn zhāng seal印章 yìn zhāng
印花 yìn huā tax stamp印花 yìn huā
印证 yìn zhèng to seal印證
印制 yìn zhì to print印製
烙印 lào yìn brand烙印 lào yìn
印发 yìn fā to publish印發
印第安纳 Yìn dì ān nà Indiana, US state印第安納
印度洋 Yìn dù yáng Indian Ocean印度洋 Yìn dù yáng
复印机 fù yìn jī photocopier複印機
水印 shuǐ yìn watermark水印 shuǐ yìn
印度人 Yìn dù rén Indian (person)印度人 Yìn dù rén

Yìn Decomposition & Compounds

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Yìn Decomposition

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Yìn Compounds

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