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yǐn

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yǐn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǐn | yin3
English translation
earthworm (2)

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About yǐn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

yǐn

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

worm

Etymology of yǐn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虫引

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

yǐn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and yǐn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using yǐn

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母鸡 mǔ jī chū le tiáo 蚯蚓 qiū yǐn .

The hen raked up an earthworm.

jiào yǐn lèi 中环 Zhōng huán 毛蚓 shǔ de 分布 fēnbù 区域 qūyù .

It inhabits a larger area than the megascolecid genus Pheretinca.

蚯蚓 qiū yǐn 钻土 hěn shēn

Earthworms burrow deep into the soil.

Words with yǐn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蚯蚓 qiū yǐn earthworm蚯蚓 qiū yǐn
yǐn earthworm yǐn

yǐn Decomposition & Compounds

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