Usage of the character 殷
yān
殷
[殷]
- dark red
yǐn
殷
[殷]
- roll of thunder
Yīn
殷
[殷]
- surname Yin
- dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after its move to Yinxu 殷墟 ( Yinxū) in present-day Henan
yīn
殷
[殷]
- flourishing
- abundant
- earnest
- hospitable
Yīnshāng
殷商
[殷商]
- final name of the Shang dynasty after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province
yānhóng
殷红
[殷紅]
- dark red
kǒngyīn
孔殷
[孔殷]
- urgent
- numerous
yīnshí
殷实
[殷實]
- thriving
- well-off
- substantial
yīnyīn
殷殷
[殷殷]
- earnest
- ardent (hope etc)
Yīndū
殷都
[殷都]
- Yindu district of Anyang city 安陽市／安阳市 ( Anyángshì), Henan
Yīnxū
殷墟
[殷墟]
- Yinxu, ruins of Yinshang 殷商 city at Anyang 安陽／安阳 in Henan province, a World Heritage site
yīnqiè
殷切
[殷切]
- ardent
- eager
- earnest
yīnfù
殷富
[殷富]
- well off
- prosperous
yīnqín
殷勤
[殷勤]
- politely
- solicitously
- eagerly attentive
hóngyānyān
红殷殷
[紅殷殷]
- dark red
- crimson
- also pr. (hóngyīnyīn)
Yīn Hóngxù
殷弘绪
[殷弘緒]
- François Xavier d'Entrecolles (1664-1741), French Jesuit missionary to Kangxi court
Yīndūqū
殷都区
[殷都區]
- Yindu district of Anyang city 安陽市／安阳市 ( Anyángshì), Henan
xiànyīnqín
献殷勤
[獻殷勤]
- to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc); to fawn upon (an influential politician etc); to court sb's favor; to ingratiate oneself
yīnyōuqǐshèng
殷忧启圣
[殷憂啟聖]
- deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom)
- storms make oaks take deeper root
wúshìxiànyīnqín,fēijiānjídào
无事献殷勤，非奸即盗
[無事獻殷勤，非姦即盜]
- one who is unaccountably solicitous is hiding evil intentions (idiom)