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啬

sè

miserly, thrifty; stingy

Strokes
11
Radical
口
HSK
6
Tone
4

Traditional form: 嗇

Stroke order

Example sentences

  • 你这个吝啬的老头。

    Nǐ zhè ge lìn sè de lǎo tóu

    You're a mean old man.

  • 你真是个吝啬鬼!

    Nǐ zhēn shi gè lìn sè guǐ

    What a miser you are!

  • 他非常吝啬。

    Tā fēi cháng lìn sè

    He is very stingy with his money.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 啬

  • 吝啬lìn sè 4–4 stingy; mean; miserly