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yín
  1. 1.to chant; to recite
  2. 2.verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems)
  3. 3.(literary) to lament; to groan
  4. 4.(bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects
  5. 5.(music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gǔ qín]) (cf. 猱[náo], wide vibrato)
yín
  1. 1.old variant of 吟[yín]

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to recite; to chant
  2. 2.to groan
  3. 3.a type of poetry
  4. 4.to cry; to call

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ŋɡrɯm, *ŋɡrɯms): semantic 口 + phonetic 今 (OC *krɯm).

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