Chinese word dictionary

暗疮

àn chuāng · acne

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Word information

Simplified暗疮

Traditional暗瘡

Pinyinàn chuāng

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

暗àn

dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert

疮chuāng

boil, tumor; wound, sore

How to learn 暗疮

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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Words with the same characters

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暗àn

(literary) to close (a door); to eclipse; confused; ignorant (variant of 暗[an4]); dark (variant of 暗[an4]); dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden; (literary) confused; ignorant; variant of 暗[an4]

暗示ànshì

to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion

黑暗hēi’àn

dark; darkly; darkness

暗地里àndìlǐ

secretly; inwardly; on the sly

暗中ànzhōng

in the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously

阴暗yīn’àn

dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)