likin

English

Alternative forms
  • lekin

Etymology

Noun

likin (countable and uncountable, plural likins)

  1. A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.
    • 2013, Chihyun Chang, Government, Imperialism and Nationalism in China: The Maritime Customs Service and Its Chinese Staff:
      The main theme of the conference was to levy the 2.5 per cent surtax in exchange for abolition of likin, which would benefit the powers and the Beijing government. The Beijing government proposed to abolish the likin no later than 1 January 1929, for which the powers would allow the interim surtax on ordinary goods and a higher percentage on luxury goods such as wine and tobacco.

Cebuano

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: li‧kin

Noun

likin

  1. tobacco rolled in leaves of the Syzygium cumini tree

Finnish

Etymology

Superlative of liki (adverb).

Adjective

likin

  1. closest, nearest

Declension
Inflection of likin (Kotus type 36/sisin, mp-mm gradation)
nominative likin likimmät
genitive likimmän likimpien
likinten
partitive likintä likimpiä
illative likimpään likimpiin
singular plural
nominative likin likimmät
accusative nom. likin likimmät
gen. likimmän
genitive likimmän likimpien
likinten
likimpäinrare
partitive likintä likimpiä
inessive likimmässä likimmissä
elative likimmästä likimmistä
illative likimpään likimpiin
adessive likimmällä likimmillä
ablative likimmältä likimmiltä
allative likimmälle likimmille
essive likimpänä likimpinä
translative likimmäksi likimmiksi
instructive — likimmin
abessive likimmättä likimmittä
comitative — likimpine

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