(yíng) - full & to fill

Tone 2

yíng | 9 strokes | radical: 皿

· yíng

full;

to fill;

surplus;

profit;

abundant.

fullto fillsurplus

Usage highlights

profitabundantoverflowingbrimming with joyfull ofsurplus

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • deficit; loss
  • lack; deficient
  • empty

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The cup is full of water (盈满).
  • The company made a profit this year (盈利).
  • Her face was beaming with a smile (笑盈盈).
  • The hall was filled with guests (宾客盈门).

Collocations

  • profit(盈利)
  • abundant(丰盈)
  • overflowing(充盈)
  • brimming with joy(喜盈)
  • full of(盈满)
  • surplus(盈余)

Idioms

  • To be filled with pride and arrogance(趾高气盈)
  • The moon waxes and wanes(月盈则亏)
  • The hall is filled with distinguished guests(宾朋盈门)
  • To have a surplus year after year(年年盈余)

Cultural background

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  • Associated with abundance, prosperity, and positive excess in Chinese culture.
  • Often used in business contexts to denote profit and financial gain.
  • In traditional philosophy, it relates to the concept of cyclical fullness, as in 'the moon waxes and wanes'.

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