# 吝嗇
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): lìnsè
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄙㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): leon$^6$ sik$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ling$^3$ sah$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): līn-sek / līn-siak / nì-sìⁿ / nih-sihⁿ
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$lin-shiq$_7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: lìnsè
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˋ ㄙㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: lìnsè
*** Wade–Giles: lin$^4$-sê$^4$
*** Yale: lìn-sè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linnseh
*** Palladius: линьсэ (linʹsɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /lin⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: leon$^6$ sik$^1$
*** Yale: leuhn sīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: loen$^6$ sik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lên$^6$ xig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɵn²² sɪk̚⁵/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$吝嗇 / 吝啬 吝惜
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ling$^3$ sah$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /liŋ⁴⁵ saʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līn-sek
*** Tâi-lô: līn-sik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lixnseg
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin³³⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lin²²⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /lin³³⁻¹¹ siɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: līn-siak
*** Tâi-lô: līn-siak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: lixnsiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /lin⁴¹⁻²² siak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nì-sìⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: nì-sìnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: niesvix
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²¹⁻⁴¹ sĩ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /nĩ¹¹⁻⁵³ sĩ¹¹/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nih-sihⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: nih-sinnh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: nihsviq
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ sĩʔ³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /nĩ(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sĩʔ³²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$lin-shiq$_7$
*** MiniDict: lin$^去$ shih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$lin-xiq$_4$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²² ɕiɪʔ⁴⁴/
* Middle Chinese: linH srik
Rime :
| Character | 吝 | 嗇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 眞 (43) | 職 (134) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 良刃切 | 所力切 |
| Baxter | linH | srik |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /liɪn$^H$/ | /ʃɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /lin$^H$/ | /ʃɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ljen$^H$/ | /ʃiek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lin$^H$/ | /ʂik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /liĕn$^H$/ | /ʃiək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭĕn$^H$/ | /ʃĭək̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯ĕn$^H$/ | /ʂi̯ək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | lìn | she |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | lan$^6$ | sik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə.rə[n]-s s.rək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*m·rins srɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 吝 | 嗇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | lìn | sè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ lin$^H$ › | ‹ srik › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə.rə[n]-s/ | /*s.rək/ |
| English | stingy | reap |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 吝 | 嗇 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 8230 | 10992 |
| Phonetic component | 吝 | 嗇 |
| Rime group | 眞 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 遴 | 色 |
| Old Chinese | /*m·rins/ | /*srɯɡ/ |
| Notes | 本文聲 | 象禾來之積，來亦聲 |

### Adjective

吝嗇
* stingy; miserly
    From: 2023, 黃偉文 [Wyman Wong] (lyrics), 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music), 萬一你是個好人, performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]
    zi$^6$ taa$^1$ bui$^3$ bun$^6$, ngo$^5$ bin$^6$ leon$^6$ sik$^1$ seon$^3$ jam$^6$ [Jyutping]
    Since his betrayal, I have been stingy with trust

#### Synonyms

* 小氣 / 小气 (xiǎoqì)
* 慳吝 / 悭吝 (qiānlìn) (literary)
* 摳 / 抠 (kōu)
* 摳門 / 抠门 (kōumén)
* 窮相 / 穷相 (qióngxiàng) (literary or regional)
* 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 吝, 嗇, 慳, 吝嗇, 慳吝 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 吝嗇, 小氣, 慳吝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小氣, 摳, 摳兒, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 死摳兒, 摳搜, 摳唆, 嗇刻 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 吝嗇, 摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 小摳兒, 小氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 吝嗇, 摳, 摳門兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 摳, 摳門兒, 小摳兒, 摳搜, 小氣, 夾夾咕咕, 玍屄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 吝嗇, 摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 小摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 摳門兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 吝嗇, 小摳, 摳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 吝嗇, 摳, 摳搜, 渠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 吝嗇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 吝嗇 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 摳兒, 摳門兒, 摳唆, 死摳兒, 窮摳兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 摳惜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 摳兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 摳, 窮摳 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 摳, 老摳兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 摳, 不出息 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 摳, 摳門兒, 小氣 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 黑饞 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 吝嗇, 摳, 小摳兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 摳, 奸 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 摳, 摳搜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 奸, 拤古 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 拤古 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 摳唆, 小氣, 吝嗇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 吝嗇, 嗇皮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 摳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 老摳兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 摳, 小氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 摳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 摳, 老鱉一 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 摳兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 摳, 尖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 尖 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 嗇皮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 小氣, 嗇, 吝嗇, 嗇皮, 摳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 嗇皮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 吝嗇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 摳, 摳皮, 細詳, 搜, 小氣 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 搜, 摳, 搜摳兒, 搜摳, 搜屄摳兒, 薄氣, 不出血 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 吝嗇, 摳, 尖 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 摳搜, 薄嗇, 嗇, 小氣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 摳搜, 嗇皮, 嗇, 小氣 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 嗇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 摳 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 摳, 摳搜, 嗇皮, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 摳, 小氣, 夾, 苟, 嗇, 坎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 吝嗇, 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 嗇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 嗇, 坎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 吝嗇, 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 吝嗇, 夾, 財, 老默, 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 吝嗇, 摳, 慳, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 吝嗇, 嗇, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 吝嗇, 雀薄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 吝嗇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 摳, 夾摳, 夾殼, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 摳, 夾殼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 夾摳, 夾殼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 吝嗇, 摳, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 尖鉤鉤 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 吝嗇, 小氣, 秀, 秀氣郎當 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 吝嗇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 吝嗇, 摳, 沙, 小氣 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 吝嗇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 摳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 嗇皮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 摳, 嗇, 小氣, 尿日鬼 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 摳, 小氣, 嗇掐, 嗇苛, 嗇, 吝嗇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 吝嗇, 免頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 小氣 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 小氣, 嗇掐 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 摳 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 摳, 尿 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 摳, 小氣, 算小 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 小氣, 慳, 刻薄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 孤寒, 慳濕, 度縮, 眼緊, 縮骨, 麻米, 細囈, 小氣, 知微, 知慎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 孤寒, 度縮, 縮骨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 孤寒, 針屎 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 孤寒, 針屎 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 耳屎, 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 孤寒, 縮骨 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 慳 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 孤寒, 小格 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 小氣, 慳嗇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 孤寒, 小氣 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 慳 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 慳 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 慳 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 慳濕, 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 細氣 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 孤寒 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 小氣 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 孤寒 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嗇, 小氣 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 慳吝, 小氣 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 肋嗇, 嗇魔, 小氣 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 齧, 齧察, 歪, 孤寒, 皮西艾曬, 唆嗇, 淒老 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 歪 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 孤寒, 蔑屑 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 小氣, 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 孤寒 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 嗇 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 齧察 |
| Hakka | Changting | 癄 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 齧 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 歪, 齧察 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 精 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 小氣, 小相 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 小氣 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 精, 小氣 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 齧, 齧察, 齧唧, 鹹合澀, 鹹澀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 齧, 齧察, 齧合澀, 澀齧 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 齧, 齧察, 鹹合澀 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 齧察, 齧合澀 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 硞, 虯, 鹹合澀 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 摳 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 小氣 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 小毛, 小氣, 小鬼 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 小氣, 吃小米 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小氣, 摳索, 吝嗇 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 摳, 小氣 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 吝嗇, 摳, 磨慳, 慳 |
| Jin | Datong | 吝嗇, 摳 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鬼祟, 小氣 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 摳 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 摳, 慳, 摳搜 |
| Jin | Linhe | 憋, 缺 |
| Jin | Jining | 摳 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 小氣 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 摳, 小氣 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 摳唆 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 摳門兒, 摳, 吝嗇 |
| Jin | Handan | 小氣, 摳兒門兒, 摳兒, 嗇結頭 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 摳 |
| Jin | Suide | 嗇 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 嗇鄙, 小癖氣 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 小氣 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 嗇鄙 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 嗇鄙 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 嗇 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 嗇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 貽順, 奸狡, 奸狡利, 小氣, 十絕 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 小氣, 𣍐捨, 奸小利 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 枵鬼, 譴相, 小鄙臉, 貓, 貓神, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 凍霜, 攝屎, 鄙釐, 虯, 竭, 𣍐做儂 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 枵鬼, 譴相, 貓, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 貓潲 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 雞孫, 捻𡳞 vulgar, 捻, 鄙釐, 虯, 𣍐做儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 枵鬼, 小鬼臉, 㾀屎庀 vulgar, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹澀韌, 蟯, 蟯鬼, 蟯疕, 桶庀, 鄙釐, 毛絲, 虯, 𣍐做儂, 雞攝膣, 攝雞膣, 攝屎, 𠢕儉 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 枝釐 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 夾絲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 凍霜 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 孤獨 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 牛螕, 苛頭, 凍霜, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 孤霜, 㾀屎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 牛螕, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 凍霜, 硞 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭, 硞, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 凍霜, 苛頭 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 凍霜, 貓筩, 鹹澀, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 虯, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 凍霜, 硞, 硞仔頭 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 凍霜 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 虯, 苛頭, 凍霜, 硞, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 硞, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 凍霜 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 凍霜, 鹹澀, 㾀屎 vulgar, 鹹 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 凍霜, 孤霜, 鹹澀, 牛螕, 虯 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 孤獨, 凍霜, 鹹澀, 苛頭 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鹹澀, 鹹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 枵鬼, 貓, 鹹, 澀, 鹹澀, 鹹掛澀, 貓潲 vulgar, 貓𡳞 vulgar, 㾀屎 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鹹澀, 鹹, 汌, 貓潲 vulgar |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 挾潲 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 澀鼻 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鹹澀, 酸澀, 迡噝, 奸狡, 鼠鬼相 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鹹澀, 貓 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 慳, 慳嘜, 刻目, 刺麻 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 鹹澀, 細氣 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鹹澀 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 鹹澀, 鹹 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 儉嗇, 無𡳞成, 慳 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 儉嗇, 無𡳞成, 慳 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 孤寒 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 孤寒, 孽屎 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 小氣, 小相 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 小氣 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 吝嗇 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Tanxia) | 小氣 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小氣, 密屑, 賅刁, 摳, 刮皮, 酷, 刁, 勿爽氣 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小氣 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小氣, 算小, 掐 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 小氣, 嗇 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 小氣 |
| Wu | Danyang | 嗇掐, 小氣 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小氣, 精馬, 精巴 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小氣, 刮皮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 小氣, 貓, 吃不得 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小氣, 刻嗇, 貓涴 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 吝毛, 小氣, 摳, 疜 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 小相 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 小氣 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 吝嗇 |
| Xiang | Guanyang (Wenshi) | 小相 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 小氣 |

#### Derived terms

* 吝嗇鬼 / 吝啬鬼 (lìnsèguǐ)

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 吝 | 嗇 |
| りん Hyōgai | しょく Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) りんしょく [rìńshókú] (Heiban – [0])
* (Tokyo) りんしょく [ríꜜǹshòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [ɾʲĩɰ̃ɕo̞kɯ̟]

#### Adjective

吝(りん)嗇(しょく) • (rinshoku) -na (adnominal 吝(りん)嗇(しょく)な (rinshoku na), adverbial 吝(りん)嗇(しょく)に (rinshoku ni))
* stingy

##### Inflection

Stem forms :
| Imperfective (未然形) | 吝嗇だろ | りんしょくだろ | rinshoku daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 吝嗇で | りんしょくで | rinshoku de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 吝嗇だ | りんしょくだ | rinshoku da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 吝嗇な | りんしょくな | rinshoku na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 吝嗇なら | りんしょくなら | rinshoku nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 吝嗇であれ | りんしょくであれ | rinshoku de are |
| Key constructions ||||
| Informal negative | 吝嗇ではない 吝嗇じゃない | りんしょくではない りんしょくじゃない | rinshoku de wa nai rinshoku ja nai |
| Informal past | 吝嗇だった | りんしょくだった | rinshoku datta |
| Informal negative past | 吝嗇ではなかった 吝嗇じゃなかった | りんしょくではなかった りんしょくじゃなかった | rinshoku de wa nakatta rinshoku ja nakatta |
| Formal | 吝嗇です | りんしょくです | rinshoku desu |
| Formal negative | 吝嗇ではありません 吝嗇じゃありません | りんしょくではありません りんしょくじゃありません | rinshoku de wa arimasen rinshoku ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 吝嗇でした | りんしょくでした | rinshoku deshita |
| Formal negative past | 吝嗇ではありませんでした 吝嗇じゃありませんでした | りんしょくではありませんでした りんしょくじゃありませんでした | rinshoku de wa arimasen deshita rinshoku ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 吝嗇で | りんしょくで | rinshoku de |
| Conditional | 吝嗇なら（ば） | りんしょくなら（ば） | rinshoku nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 吝嗇だったら | りんしょくだったら | rinshoku dattara |
| Volitional | 吝嗇だろう | りんしょくだろう | rinshoku darō |
| Adverbial | 吝嗇に | りんしょくに | rinshoku ni |
| Degree | 吝嗇さ | りんしょくさ | rinshokusa |

#### Noun

吝(りん)嗇(しょく) • (rinshoku)
* miserliness, stinginess
* miser

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 吝 | 嗇 |
| けち ||
| Hyōgai | Hyōgai |
| jukujikun ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 吝嗇 – see the following entry. :
| 【けちケチ】 | [noun] miser [noun] miserliness; stinginess |
| 【けち】 | [adjective] stingy, miserly |
(This term, 吝嗇, is an alternative spelling (uncommon) of the above term.) :

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 吝 | 嗇 |

### Noun

吝嗇 • (insaek) (hangeul 인색)
* hanja form of 인색 (“miserliness, stinginess”)