吝惜

Chinese

		stingy	pity; regret; rue pity; regret; rue; begrudge
simp. and trad. (吝惜)		吝	惜

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lìnxī, lìnxí

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧ, ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): leon⁶ sik¹
Min Nan (POJ): līn-sioh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìnxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìnsi
  - Wade–Giles: lin⁴-hsi¹
  - Yale: lìn-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linnshi
  - Palladius: линьси (linʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin⁵¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lìnxí
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄒㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lìnsí
  - Wade–Giles: lin⁴-hsi²
  - Yale: lìn-syí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linnshyi
  - Palladius: линьси (linʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin⁵¹ ɕi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: leon⁶ sik¹
  - Yale: leuhn sīk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loen⁶ sik⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: lên⁶ xig¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵn²² sɪk̚⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    吝嗇／吝啬
    吝惜
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līn-sioh
  - Tâi-lô: līn-sioh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixnsioiq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lin²²⁻²¹ ɕioʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin⁴¹⁻²² ɕioʔ⁵/

Verb

吝惜

to begrudge; to stint; to be miserly

Synonyms

Synonyms of 吝惜

心疼 (xīnténg)
毋甘 (Min Nan)
肉痛 (ròutòng) (regional)
肉赤 (Cantonese)
不捨得／不舍得 (bùshěde)
勿捨得／勿舍得 (Wu)

唔捨得／唔舍得 (Cantonese, colloquial)
捨不得／舍不得 (shěbude)
捨勿得／舍勿得 (Wu)
𣍐出得／𫧃出得 (Min Nan)
𣍐省得／𫧃省得 (Min Bei)

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