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Meaning of 殷

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  • Pinyin: yān
    English Definition: dark red
    Chinese Definition:
    ①黑红色:殷红。
    Example Words:
    殷红 yān hóng dark red
    红殷殷 hóng yān yān dark red; crimson; also pr. [hong2 yin1 yin1]
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  • Pinyin: yīn
    English Definition: flourishing; abundant; earnest; hospitable; surname Yin; dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province
    Chinese Definition:
    ①富裕,富足:殷实。殷阜。殷富。
    ②深厚,恳切:情意甚殷。殷切。殷勤。
    ③众,多:“士与女,殷其盈矣”。
    ④盛,大:殷祭。
    ⑤中国朝代名,商代的后期,由盘庚起称“殷”:殷墟。
    ⑥姓氏。

    Example Words:
    殷切 yīn qiè ardent; eager; earnest
    殷勤 yīn qín politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
    殷墟 yīn Yinxu, ruins of Yinshang 殷商 city at Anyang 安阳 in Henan province, a World Heritage site
    殷实 yīn shí thriving; well-off; substantial
    殷殷 yīn yīn earnest; ardent (hope etc)
    More: 殷* | *殷 | *殷*
  • Pinyin: yǐn
    English Definition: roll of thunder
    Chinese Definition:
    ①雷声:“殷其雷,在南山之阳”。
    ②震动:“熊咆龙吟殷岩泉”。

Example Sentences
1
But, as Dr Yin observes, that medium does not have to be liquid all the time.
2
In the case of Dr Yin' s beads, it is the rearrangement of the particles' microstructures that produces the pertinent detail.
3
In practice, Dr Yin thinks liquid-crystal technology is so well developed that his microspheres will never catch up.
4
To make their spheres Dr Yin and his colleagues stir iron-oxide particles into a liquid polymer resin, which is then dispersed in oil.