蔭 (jam1 jam3 | yin1 yin4) : shade; damp and chilly

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蔭

jam1 jam3

yin1 yin4

[粵] jam1 | [國] yin1
[n] shade of a tree

[粵] jam3 | [國] yin4
[1] [adj] damp and chilly; sunless
[2] [v] shelter; shade; protect | [variant] 廕
[3] [v] confer honours on one's descendants | [variant] 廕

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 15

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蔭 / 荫

This word has been viewed 4809 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Nov 2011 00:54

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林蔭道 lam4 jam3 dou6 = avenue; boulevard

遮蔭 ze1 jam3 zhe1 yin1 = to shade

碎蔭 seoi3 jam3*1 = shaggy front hair (hairstyle)

冬蔭 dung1 jam3 dong1 yin4 = Tom Yum (Thai soup)

嘉蔭 gaa1 jam3 jia1 yin4 = Jiayin (place in Heilongjiang)

無心插柳柳成蔭 mou4 sam1 caap3 lau5 lau5 sing4 jam3 wu2 xin4 cha1 liu3 liu3 cheng2 yin4 = reap unexpected results from an unintentional action

有意栽花花不發，無心插柳柳成蔭 jau5 ji3 zoi1 faa1 faa1 bat1 faat3 mou4 sam1 caap3 lau5 lau5 sing4 jam3 you3 yi4 zai1 hua1 hua1 bu4 fa1 wu2 xin1 cha1 liu3 liu3 cheng2 yin4 = what one intentionally does ends fruitless; but what one unintentionally does ends up producing suprising results

曾蔭權 zang1 jam3 kyun4 zeng1 yi1 quan2 = Donald Tsang (former chief executive of HK)

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Decimal representation of this word: 蔭
Unicode code for this character: U+852d (off-site link)

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