寅
yín
Pinyin

Definition

寅
 - 
yín
  1. 3rd earthly branch: 3-5 a.m., 1st solar month (4th February-5th March), year of the Tiger
  2. ancient Chinese compass point: 60°

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

演
yǎn
  1. 1 to develop
  2. 2 to evolve
  3. 3 to practice
  4. 4 to perform
  5. 5 to play
  6. 6 to act
夤
yín
  1. 1 late at night
𬙂
yǐn
  1. 1 long

Related Words (6)

丙寅
bǐng yín
  1. 1 third year C3 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1986 or 2046
唐寅
Táng Yín
  1. 1 Tang Bohu 唐伯虎 or Tang Yin (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子
寅时
yín shí
  1. 1 3-5 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)
寅虎
yín hǔ
  1. 1 Year 3, year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
戊寅
wù yín
  1. 1 fifteenth year Ě of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1998 or 2058

Sample Sentences

我们可不像你们，贷款，刷信用卡，寅吃卯粮，透支着花钱。现在养老和医疗都没什么保障，我和你妈妈年纪大了，不存点钱，以后万一生了大病，没钱怎么办？
wǒmen kě bùxiàng nǐmen ，dàikuǎn ，shuā xìnyòngkǎ ，yínchīmǎoliáng ，tòuzhī zhe huāqián 。xiànzài yǎnglǎo hé yīliáo dōu méi shénme bǎozhàng ，wǒ hé nǐ māma niánjì dà le ，bù cún diǎnr qián ，yǐhòu wànyī shēng le dàbìng ，méi qián zěnme bàn ？
We're not like you: taking out loans, using credit cards, living paycheck to paycheck, spending beyond your means. Nowadays both medical treatment and care for the elderly aren't ensured. Your mother and I are older. If we don't save money, what if we get really sick? Without money, what will we do?
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