English Explanatory Dictionary

likin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit.

Pronunciation

/ˌliːˈkɪn/ lē′jĭn′

Word forms

likin likins lekin lijin

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 釐金 (líjīn).

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on L Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary