Word information
Simplified阴暗
Traditional陰暗
Pinyinyīn’àn
Part of speech形
HSK 3.07-9
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
阴暗
yīn’àn · dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal; gloomy; somber; murky; shadowy (side)
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阴yīn
overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia; surname Yin; variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
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ànshìto hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion
黑暗hēi’àndark; darkly; darkness
暗地里àndìlǐsecretly; inwardly; on the sly
暗中ànzhōngin the dark; in secret; on the sly; surreptitiously