Chinese symbol for “stint”
吝惜
lìn xī
to stint; to be miserly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stint is 吝惜 (lìn xī), defined as: to stint; to be miserly.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吝惜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吝啬 (吝嗇) | lìn sè | stingy; mean; miserly |
| 不吝 | bù lìn | not to stint; to be generous (with praise etc); to be prepared to (pay a fee, give of one's time etc) |
| 吝啬鬼 (吝嗇鬼) | lìn sè guǐ | miser; penny-pincher |
| 悭吝 (慳吝) | qiān lìn | (literary) miserly; stingy |
| 不吝赐教 (不吝賜教) | bù lìn cì jiào | to be so kind as to enlighten me |
| 可惜 | kě xī | it is a pity; what a pity |
| 珍惜 | zhēn xī | to treasure; to value |
| 不惜 | bù xī | not stint; not spare |
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.