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
Southern Min (Hokkien, 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
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līn-sioh
  - Tâi-lô: līn-sioh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lixnsioiq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lin²²⁻²¹ sioʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin⁴¹⁻²² sioʔ⁵/

Verb

吝惜

to begrudge; to stint; to be miserly

Synonyms

不捨得 / 不舍得 (bùshěde)
勿捨得 / 勿舍得 (⁸veq ¹so-teq) (Wu)
唔捨得 / 唔舍得 (m⁴ se² dak¹) (Cantonese, colloquial)
心疼 (xīnténg)
捨不得 / 舍不得
捨勿得 / 舍勿得 (⁵so-veq-teq) (Wu)
𣍐出 / 𫧃出 (Puxian Min)
𣍐出得 / 𫧃出得 (Puxian Min, Hokkien)
𣍐省得 / 𫧃省得 (mài-sǎng-dă̤) (Northern Min)
毋甘 (Hokkien, Teochew)
肉痛 (ròutòng) (regional)
肉赤 (juk⁶ cek³) (Cantonese)