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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qīn | qin1
English translation
to respect, to admire; royal

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About qīn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

qīn

Contains the radical

qiàn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

gold

Etymology of qīn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

釒欠

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

qiàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and qiàn represents the sound. Simplified form of qīn .

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Words with qīn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
钦佩 qīnpèi to admire欽佩
Qīn to respect qīn
叶利钦 Yè lì qīn Yeltsin (name)葉利欽
令人钦佩 lìng rén qīn pèi admirable令人欽佩
钦差 qīn chāi imperial envoy欽差
钦州 Qīn zhōu Qinzhou prefecture level city in Guangxi欽州
钦定 qīn dìng compiled and published by Imperial command (old)欽定
何应钦 Hé Yìng qīn He Yingqin (1890-1987), senior Guomindang general何應欽
钦州市 Qīn zhōu shì Qinzhou prefecture level city in Guangxi欽州市
尤尔钦科 Yóu ěr qīn kē Yurchenko (name)尤爾欽科
德钦 Dé qīn Dechen county in Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州 Dí qìng Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu [Dí​qìng​Zàng​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)德欽
钦敬 qīn jìng to admire and respect欽敬
德钦县 Dé qīn xiàn Dechen county in Diqing Tibetan autonomous prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州 Dí qìng Zàng zú zì zhì zhōu [Dí​qìng​Zàng​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)德欽縣
钦羡 qīn xiàn to admire欽羨
钦命 qīn mìng Imperial order or edict (old)欽命
王钦若 Wáng Qīn ruò Wang Qinruo (962-1025), Northern Song dynasty official王欽若
钦仰 qīn yǎng to admire and respect欽仰
钦南区 Qīn nán qū Qinnan district of Qinzhou city 欽州市|钦州市 Qīn zhōu shì [Qīn​zhōu​shì], Guangxi欽南區
钦奈 Qīn nài formerly called Madras 馬德拉斯|马德拉斯 Mǎ dé lā sī [Mǎ​dé​lā​sī]欽奈
钦北区 Qīn běi qū Qinbei district of Qinzhou city 欽州市|钦州市 Qīn zhōu shì [Qīn​zhōu​shì], Guangxi欽北區
钦州地区 Qīn zhōu dì qū Qinzhou prefecture in Guangxi欽州地區
阿克赛钦 Ā kè sài qīn Aksai Chin, a disputed region in the Tibetan plateau阿克賽欽
钦南 Qīn nán Qinnan district of Qinzhou city 欽州市|钦州市 Qīn zhōu shì [Qīn​zhōu​shì], Guangxi欽南

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