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穎

yǐng

rice tassel; sharp point; clever

Strokes
16
Radical
禾
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 颖

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 颖, the simplified form of 穎. 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

  • 身着西装,他脱颖而出。

    Shēn zhuó xī zhuāng tā tuō yǐng ér chū

    Wearing a suit, he stood out.

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

Words containing 颖

  • 新颖xīn yǐng 1–3 lit. new bud; fig. new and original
  • 脱颖而出tuō yǐng ér chū 1–3–2–1to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself