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吝啬 meaning in English

lìnsè

stingy; mean; miserly

Traditional 吝嗇18 strokes

Meaning of 吝啬

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lìnsè
  1. stingy; mean; miserly

吝啬 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ真zhēn是shì个gè吝lìn啬sè鬼guǐ！
What a miser you are!
玛mǎ莉lì不bù喜xǐ欢huān跟gēn汤tāng姆mǔ一yī样yàng吝lìn啬sè的de男nán人rén。
Mary doesn't like men who are stingy like Tom.
他tā非fēi常cháng吝lìn啬sè。
He is very stingy with his money.
你nǐ这zhè个ge吝lìn啬sè的de老lǎo头tóu。
You're a mean old man.

Stroke order for each character

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吝 lìn · stingy · 7 strokes

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啬 sè · miserly · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 吝啬.

吝啬鬼lìnsèguǐmiser; penny-pincher

Questions about 吝啬

What does 吝啬 mean?

吝啬 (lìnsè) means "stingy; mean; miserly".

How do you write 吝啬?

吝啬 is made of 2 characters: 吝 (7 strokes), 啬 (11 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

How is 吝啬 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 吝啬 is written 吝嗇.