吝嗇

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吝嗇

lìnsè Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄙㄜˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
leon⁶ sik¹ Cantonese, Jyutping
ling³ sah⁴ Jin, Wiktionary specific
līn-sek Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
līn-siak Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
nì-sìⁿ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
nih-sihⁿ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
⁶lin-shiq₇ Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
lìnsè Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄙㄜˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
lìnsè Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
lin⁴-sê⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
lìn-sè Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
linnseh Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
линьсэ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/lin⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
leon⁶ sik¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
leuhn sīk Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
loen⁶ sik⁷ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
lên⁶ xig¹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/lɵn²² sɪk̚⁵/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
ling³ sah⁴ Jin, Taiyuan, Wiktionary specific
/lĩŋ⁴⁵ saʔ²/ Jin, Taiyuan, IPA
līn-sek Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
līn-sik Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen
lixnseg Min Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen

Sounds like 吝嗇, 吝啬, 吝惜

adjective 吝啬 · 遴嗇 · 遴啬

氣量狹小；過分愛惜財物卻不願給出自他背叛我便吝嗇信任

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {吝嗇},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%90%9D%E5%97%87},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}