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印

yìn · yin/Yìn · yin

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Meaning

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yìn 印

  1. to print
  2. to mark
  3. to engrave
  4. a seal
  5. a print
  6. a stamp
  7. a mark
  8. a trace
  9. image

Yìn 印

  1. surname Yin
  2. abbr. for 印度 (Yìndù), India
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  1. Liangliang

    请(qǐng)帮(bāng)我(wǒ)把(bǎ)这个(zhège)文件(wénjiàn)印(yìn)两份(liǎngfèn)。

    Please help me print two copies of this file.

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，彩色(cǎisè)还是(háishi)黑白(hēibái)？

    OK, colour or black and white?

  3. Liangliang

    黑白(hēibái)就行(jiùxíng)，印(yìn)清楚(qīngchu)一点(yīdiǎn)。

    Black and white is fine. Print it a bit clearer.

  4. Dengdeng

    印好了(yìnhǎole)，给(gěi)你(nǐ)！

    Printed. Here you go!

  5. Liangliang

    谢谢(xièxie)……怎么(zěnme)上面(shàngmiàn)印(yìn)的(de)是(shì)你(nǐ)的(de)购物单(gòuwùdān)？

    Thanks... why is your shopping list printed on it?

  6. Dengdeng

    哎呀(āiyā)，我(wǒ)印错了(yìncuòle)！

    Oops, I printed the wrong one!

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2 examples
01

请(qǐng)把(bǎ)这(zhè)份(fèn)文(wén)件(jiàn)印(yìn)两(liǎng)份(fèn)给(gěi)我(wǒ)。

Please print two copies of this document for me.

02

他(tā)的(de)手(shǒu)指(zhǐ)在(zài)纸(zhǐ)上(shàng)留(liú)下(xià)一(yí)个(gè)印(yìn)。

His finger left a mark on the paper.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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