Chinese symbol for “politely”
殷勤
yīn qín
politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for politely is 殷勤 (yīn qín), defined as: politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 殷勤.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殷切 | yīn qiè | ardent; eager |
| 殷实 (殷實) | yīn shí | thriving; well-off |
| 献殷勤 (獻殷勤) | xiàn yīn qín | to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc); to fawn upon (an influential politician etc); to court sb's favor; to |
| 殷殷 | yīn yīn | earnest; ardent (hope etc) |
| 殷红 (殷紅) | yān hóng | dark red |
| 后勤 (後勤) | hòu qín | logistics |
| 勤劳 (勤勞) | qín láo | hardworking; industrious; diligent |
| 勤奋 (勤奮) | qín fèn | hardworking; diligent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “politely”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.