殷
yīn
Pinyin

Definition

殷
 - 
yīn
  1. flourishing
  2. abundant
  3. earnest
  4. hospitable
殷
 - 
Yīn
  1. surname Yin
  2. dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province
殷
 - 
yǐn
  1. roll of thunder
殷
 - 
yān
  1. dark red

Character Decomposition

Related Words (9)

殷勤
yīn qín
  1. 1 politely
  2. 2 solicitously
  3. 3 eagerly attentive
殷切
yīn qiè
  1. 1 ardent
  2. 2 eager
  3. 3 earnest
殷实
yīn shí
  1. 1 thriving
  2. 2 well-off
  3. 3 substantial
殷殷
yīn yīn
  1. 1 earnest
  2. 2 ardent (hope etc)
殷红
yān hóng
  1. 1 dark red

Idioms (2)

殷忧启圣
yīn yōu qǐ shèng
  1. 1 deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom)
  2. 2 storms make oaks take deeper root
无事献殷勤，非奸即盗
wú shì xiàn yīn qín , fēi jiān jí dào
  1. 1 one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)

Sample Sentences

所以，遇到任何一个人都比老Q正派，比小咪热情，比小F殷勤，最好是即便劈头问候其母亲，也不生气不回嘴更不哭，最好像家里哄孩子用的iPad，
suǒyǐ ，yùdào rènhé yī ge rén dōu bǐ lǎo Q zhèngpài ，bǐ xiǎomī rèqíng ，bǐ xiǎo F yīnqín ，zuìhǎo shì jíbiàn pītóu wènhòu qí mǔqīn ，yě bù shēngqì bù huízuǐ gèng bù kū ，zuì hǎoxiàng jiālǐ hǒng háizi yòng de iPad ，
so whoever you meet will be more decent than Old Q, more enthusiastic than Xiaomi, and more hospitable than Small F. Even when you insult the desk lady's mother, she is not angry, she doesn't talk back, she doesn't cry, it's like using an iPad at home to coax children.
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你呢，时而对她献殷勤，帮她买买早餐，制造点小浪漫，时而对她不理不睬，等到哪天她想跟你聊天的时候，你就要回不回的。
nǐ ne ，shíér duì tā xiànyīnqín ，bāng tā mǎimǎi zǎocān ，zhìzào diǎnr xiǎo làngmàn ，shíér duì tā bù lǐ bù cǎi ，děngdào nǎtiān tā xiǎng gēn nǐ liáotiān de shíhou ，nǐ jiù yào huí bù huí de 。
So what you've got to do is, be really attentive to her sometimes, like buying her breakfast and creating a little bit of romance, and then ignore her completely at other times, until the day she wants to chat to you and then act like you're reluctant to talk to her.
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