yín

  1. yín verb to moan
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Especially in response to a sudden painful sensation (Guoyu '吟' v 1)
  2. yín verb to sigh; to gasp
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 叹息 (Guoyu '吟' v 2)
  3. yín verb to sing; to chant; to recite
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 咏 or 诵 (Guoyu '吟' v 3; Unihan '吟')
  4. yín verb to chirp; to cry out
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 啼叫 or 鸣叫 (Guoyu '吟' v 4)
  5. yín verb to stammer; to stutter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 口吃 (Guoyu '吟' v 5)
  6. yín noun yin poetry
    Domain: Literature 文学
    Notes: A genre of poetry (Guoyu '吟' n; Unihan '吟')
  7. yín verb sing; chant; gīti
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: gīti, Japanese: gin, or; kin (BCSD '吟', p. 246; MW 'gīti'; SH '吟', p. 233; Unihan '吟')

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讴吟吟诵吟风弄月吟诗朗吟游吟诗人秦妇吟长吟吟哦沈吟呻吟低吟笑吟吟无病呻吟歌吟沉吟喜吟吟吟唱吟咏白头吟吟游

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