吟
to chant; to recite; verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems); (literary) to lament; to groan; (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects; (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato)
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How 吟 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 今 (phonetic, jīn)
How to remember it
recite · Heisig RSH #2606
口 mouth + clock
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 今
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 今 (jīn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 今 sound component | jīn | modern, current; today, now |
| 含 | hán | to hold in the mouth; to contain; to cherish |
| 贪 | tān | greedy, covetous; corrupt |
| 黔 | qián | black; the Guizhou province |
| 岑 | cén | steep, precipitous; peak |
| 矜 | jīn | to pity, to sympathize, to feel sorry for |
| 衾 | qīn | quilt, coverlet |
| 妗 | jìn | mother's brother's wife |
| 侌 | yīn | old variant of 陰|阴[yin1] |
| 芩 | qín | salt-marsh plant |
| 衿 | jīn | collar, lapel |
| 钤 | qián | lock, latch; to stamp, to seal |
Words containing 吟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吟风弄月 | yín fēng nòng yuè | lit. singing of the wind and the moon; fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art) |
| 游吟诗人 | yóu yín shī rén | troubadour; bard |
| 吟游 | yín yóu | to wander as minstrel |
| 低吟 | dī yín | to chant softly; to murmur |
| 歌吟 | gē yín | to sing; to recite |
| 沉吟 | chén yín | to mutter to oneself irresolutely |
| 吟唱 | yín chàng | to chant; to recite |
| 朗吟 | lǎng yín | to recite in a loud, clear voice |
| 吟诗 | yín shī | to recite poetry |
| 笑吟吟 | xiào yín yín | smiling; with a smile |
| 喜吟吟 | xǐ yín yín | joyful; happy |
| 无病呻吟 | wú bìng shēn yín | (idiom) to moan and groan despite not being sick; to feign illness; to complain without ca… |
| 吟诵 | yín sòng | to read aloud; to recite rhythmically; to chant; to intone (esp. poems in rhythm) |
| 吟咏 | yín yǒng | to recite; to sing (of poetry) |
| 吟哦 | yín é | to chant; to recite rhythmically; to polish verse |
| 讴吟 | ōu yín | song; chant; rhythmic declamation |
| 呻吟 | shēn yín | to moan; to groan |