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jìn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jìn | jin4
English translation
close; quiet, silent

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About jìn

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

jìn

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Forbidden  jīn to speak  kǒu jīn also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of jìn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

口禁

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Example sentences using jìn

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转过 tóu 看着这个 zhè ge 噤若寒蝉 jìn ruò hán chán de 女孩 nǚ hái yòu 重复 chóngfù le 一遍 yī biàn 他的问题 wèntí

He looked back at the abject, silent girl and repeated his question.

Words with jìn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
噤若寒蝉 jìn ruò hán chán to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)噤若寒蟬
寒噤 hán jìn a shiver寒噤 hán jìn
jìn silent jìn

jìn Decomposition & Compounds

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