殷 yīn

1. yīn adjective flourishing; abundant
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 富足 (Guoyu '殷' adj 2)
2. yīn proper noun Yin
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '殷' n 2)
3. yīn proper noun Yin
   Domain: History 历史 , Concept: Dynasty 朝代
   Notes: Dynasty name at the end the Shang dynasty, after their move to Yinxu 殷墟 in modern Henan province (Giles 1892, p. 1364; Guoyu '殷' n 1; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 296)
4. yǐn noun roll of thunder
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 雷声 (Guoyu '殷' yǐn adj)
5. yān noun dark red
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 红黑色 (Guoyu '殷' yān adj)
6. yīn adjective grand; magnificent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 盛大 (Guoyu '殷' adj 1)
7. yīn adverb considerately
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '殷' adv)

Contained in

• 殷切 ardent; eager; earnest
• 红殷殷(紅殷殷) dark red; crimson
• 殷忧启圣(殷憂啟聖) deep suffering can lead to enlightenment; storms make oaks take deeper root
• 殷鑑 drawing a lesson from the downfall of the dynasty previous to the Yin
• 殷盛 plentiful; florrishing
• 殷殷 earnest; ardent (hope etc)
• 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 somebody's favor
• 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
• 殷勤 politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
• 殷红(殷紅) dark red
• 殷实(殷實) thriving; well-off; substantial
• 殷富 well off; prosperous

Also contained in

殷都区 、 殷商 、 殷都 、 殷墟 、 刘殷 、 殷弘绪

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷六十六 楚世家第六: 馬殷 劉言 周行逢 Volume 66: Hereditary House of Chu New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 68
• 卷十六 志第六 禮三 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rituals 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 59
• 卷一百九十　　　列傳第一百十五 三劉成杜鍾張王 Volume 190 Biographies 115: Three Liu's, Cheng, Du, Zhong, Zhang, Wang New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 32
• 殷紀 Records of the Yin Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 32
• 卷二十六 志第六: 禮儀六 Volume 26 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 31
• 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 30
• 卷一百二十一 列傳第九 公主 Volume 121 Biographies 9: Princesses History of Ming 明史 — count: 29
• 《殷本紀》 Annals of Yin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 29
• 卷一百二十四 周書15: 列傳四 王殷 何福進 劉詞 王進 史彥超 史懿 王令溫 周密 李懷忠 白文珂 白延遇 唐景思 Volume 124 Book of Later Zhou 26: Biographies 4 - Wang Yin, He Fejin, Liu Ci, Wang Jin, Shi Yanchao, Shi Yi, Wang Lingwen, Zhou Mi, Li Huaizong, Bai Wenke, Bai Yanyu, Tang Jinsi Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 28
• 《周本紀》 Annals of Zhou Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 25

Collocations

• 殷人 (殷人) 殷人以柏 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 3. 《八佾》 Ba Yi — count: 19
• 殷民 (殷民) 今殷民 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 微子 Shang Shu - Count of Wei — count: 7
• 殷王 (殷王) 殷王元子 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 微子之命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Count of Wei — count: 5
• 殷命 (殷命) 天既訖我殷命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 西伯戡黎 Shang Shu - Chief of the west's Conquest of Li — count: 5
• 殷礼 (殷禮) 王肇稱殷禮 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 4
• 庶殷 (庶殷) 太保乃以庶殷 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 召誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement of the Duke of Shao — count: 4
• 殷祭 (殷祭) 五年而再殷祭 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3
• 殷多士 (殷多士) 爾殷多士 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — count: 3
• 殷道 (殷道) 殷道也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 3
• 殷事 (殷事) 有殷事 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 3