Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- lìn
English
- stingy, miserly, parsimonious
- (bound form) stingy
- unwillingly to give or share what one has
粵語
- 唔捨得、唔願意畀人或者同人分享
As a component in · 36
Variants
Words containing 吝
- 吝嗇leon6 sik1
stingy; mean; miserly
- 不吝bat1 leon6
not to stint; to be generous (with praise etc); to be prepared to (pay a fee, give of one's time etc)
- 吝嗇鬼leon6 sik1 gwai2
miser; penny-pincher
- 吝盡leon6 zeon6
(of people) clumsy; careless
- 吝惜leon6 sik1
to stint; to be miserly
- 鄙吝pei2 leon6
vulgar
- 慳吝haan1 leon6
(literary) miserly; stingy
- 不吝珠玉bat1 leon6 zyu1 juk6
(idiom) (courteous) please give me your frank opinion; your criticism will be most valuable
- 不吝賜教bat1 leon6 ci3 gaau3
to be so kind as to enlighten me