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印

yìn

Description

“印”常常指在纸上留下的记号或图案,比如手指印或者盖章。

"印" often refers to marks or patterns left on paper, such as fingerprints or stamps.

它也可以做动词,表示把字或图案压在东西上面。

It can also be a verb meaning to press characters or patterns onto something.

Meanings

印yìn

mark; trace; print left by something

雪地上有很多脚印。

There are many footprints in the snow.

印yìn

to print; to imprint

这本书印了一万本。

This book was printed in ten thousand copies.

印yìn

seal; stamp; chop

请在这里盖上你的印。

Please stamp your seal here.

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Notes

  • Etymology

    originally a pictograph of a hand pressing a person down, meaning to press/seal.

  • Nuance

    印 as 'print/mark' vs 印刷 which specifically means printing as an industry.

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