吝啬

stingy / mean / miserly

Characters and words in 吝啬

stingy

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) ate a mandarin (口) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), but it had a stingy (吝) taste to it. Later that day she reads in a thick book (文) that it means the mandarin was infected by deadly bacteria.
variant of 吝[lin4]

= + : Li Qingzhao (li) ate a mandarin (口) in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), but it had a stingy (吝) taste to it. Later that day she reads in a thick book (文) that it means the mandarin was infected by deadly bacteria.
stingy

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: stingray.

The stingy stingray (啬) and the mean crocodile (丷) want to return (回) to the river using the elevator's toilet (e4), but lots of dirt (土) is blocking their way. They ask the elevator's boss Socrates (s) for help, but he doesn't make his hands dirty so he starts a boring monologue about living as an expat. As the stingray and the crocodile realize he won't help them they start crying out loudly.

Words with 吝啬

miser / penny-pincher

Sentences with 吝啬

吝啬 currently does not appear in any sentence.