冘 (yín) · to move forward; to advance; hesitant (archaic)

Meanings

1 to move forward; to advance; hesitant (archaic)

Characters

冘

yín

to move forward; hesitant (archaic)

Examples

HSK 5

船慢慢沉入海中。

Chuán mànmàn chén rù hǎi zhōng.

The ship slowly sank into the sea.

Tips

history

冘 ('to advance / hesitant') is archaic and not used independently in modern Chinese. It survives as the phonetic in 沉 (to sink), 枕 (pillow), 耽 (to indulge / delay), and 眈 (to glare at).

Components

ideograph

冖 mì

cover; yoke element

The top is a 'cover' stroke standing for a yoke or burden carried by the figure below in 冘.

semantic

人 rén

person walking

The 'person' below pictures someone moving forward under the cover above, giving the 'advance' sense of 冘.

Stroke Order

冘 yín

Related Words

挪开 nuókāi #9,094

to move aside; to move out of the way / to shift; to move (something) away

前行 qiánxíng #9,399

to move forward / to advance / to press on

搬走 bānzǒu #3,982

to move away / to move out

晋级 jìnjí HSK 7-9 #3,058

to advance (to the next level) / to be promoted / to move up in rank

乘 shèng #2,691

(archaic) four-horse military chariot / (archaic) classifier for war-chariots; four / historical record; chronicle

前进 qiánjìn HSK 5 #1,952

to advance / to go forward / to make progress

搬 bān HSK 3 #867

to move (objects from one place to another) / to relocate; to move (house)

挪 nuó HSK 7-9 #4,999

to move; to shift (position) / to appropriate; to divert (funds)

打动 dǎdòng HSK 6 #4,872

to move (emotionally); to touch (someone's heart) / to convince; to win over

垫 diàn HSK 7-9 #5,107

to pad / to cushion / to put something under / to advance (money)