荏 (jam5 | ren3) : beans; soft, pliable; herb

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荏

jam5

ren3

beans; soft, pliable; herb

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

荏

This word has been viewed 2030 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 12th Mar 2010 16:52

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軟荏荏 jyun5 jam4 jam4 = soft 粵

韶光荏苒 siu1 gwong1 jam5 jim5 shao2 guang1 ren3 ran3 = time gradually transpires; for time to slowly drift away

荏苒 jam5 jim5 ren3 ran3 = (of time) to elapse; to slip by

荏弱 jam5 joek6 ren3 ruo4 = feeble; weak; delicate

外厲內荏 ngoi6 lai6 noi6 jam5 wai4 li4 nei4 ren3 = to look tough on the outside but actually be soft on the inside

色厲內荏 sik1 lai6 noi6 jam5 se4 li4 nei4 ren3 = to look tough on the outside but actually be soft on the inside

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 荏
Unicode code for this character: U+834f (off-site link)

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