Chinese Character Dictionary

This dictionary collects useful information about Chinese characters, including stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, Cantonese romanization, Minnan romanization, Chaozhou romanization, words, idioms and explanations.
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Stroke order, structure, pinyin, zhuyin, romanization, words and explanations for ""

Basic information
Strokes: 4 Radical: 尸 Structure: 左右结构
Pinyin: yǐn Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ Yueping: wan5 Guangdong: wen5
Minnan: ún Chaozhou: Tang: iǔn
Stroke order:
Words:三尹亚尹京兆尹京尹令尹作册尹公尹卿尹县尹右尹奄尹宰尹小尹少尹尹京尹公尹公潮尹卿笔
Idioms:孚尹旁达孚尹明达尹邢避面避面尹邢
Xiehouyu:
English meaning: govern; oversee; director
Detailed explanations by pronunciation
Pinyin 1: yǐn
Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
(会意。甲骨文字形。左边一竖表示笔,右边是“又”(手),象手拿笔,以表示治事。本义:治理) 同本义 尹,治也。——《说文》<br>以尹天下。——《左传·定公四年》
又如:尹京(治理京畿);尹祭(古代用于祭祀的切割方正的干肉)
旧时官名 令尹子文,三仕为令尹,无喜色。——《论语·公冶长》<br>不以非郑尹。——唐·柳宗元《柳河东集》<br>拥至尹前。——宋·胡仔《苕溪渔隐丛话》<br>有卿尹。——清·周容《芋老人传》
又如:府尹;京兆尹;尹氏(官名。掌管册命臣工之事);尹寺(宦官);尹长(官长)
姓。如:尹午(复姓)