嗇
sè
miserly, thrifty, stingy; stopped up, constipated
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 口
- HSK
- —
- Tone
- 4
Simplified form: 啬
Stroke order
Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 啬, the simplified form of 嗇. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.
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.
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Words containing 啬
- 吝啬lìn sè 4–4 stingy; mean; miserly