yǐn = y + (e)n3
to administer / to oversee / to run / magistrate (old)
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How to pronounce 尹

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
+ (e)n3 final

In the encampment’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 6 months ago

尹 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
丿
piě = pi + e3
radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 4) / see 撇[pie3]
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= ji + Ø4
pig snout (Kangxi radical 58)
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Characters with 尹 as component

jūn = ju + (e)n1
monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler
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= y + Ø1
surname Yi / abbr. for 伊拉克[Yi1 la1 ke4], Iraq / abbr. for 伊朗[Yi1 lang3], Iran
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= y + Ø1
(old) third person singular pronoun ("he" or "she") / second person singular pronoun ("you") / (May 4th period) third person singular feminine pronoun ("she") / (Classical Chinese) introductory particle with no specific meaning / that (preceding a noun)
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Words with 尹

Yun Poseon (1897-1990), South Korean Democratic party politician, mayor of Seoul from 1948, president 1960-1962
magistrate / prefect
Chen Gongyin (1631-1700), early Qing dynasty poet

Sentences with 尹

尹 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yǐn

to administer / to oversee / to run / magistrate (old)

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