盈

Mandarin · pinyin yíng

Meanings

  1. full
  2. filled
  3. surplus
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盈
yíng · fill; full, overflowing; surplus
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2 · ying2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jing4

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  1. to fill; to be full of; to be filled with
  2. to have a surplus; to have excess
  3. (of a person's body, or handwriting) well-developed; full-grown; shapely; curvaceous; plump
  4. (obsolete) vigorous; exuberant
  5. (literary) to reach
  6. (literary) to increase
  7. (obsolete) proud; arrogant
  8. a surname

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