陰暗

See also: 阴暗

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret
trad. (陰暗)		陰	暗
simp. (阴暗)		阴	暗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīn'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ am³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yîm-am
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-àm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīn'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yin-àn
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-an⁴
    • Yale: yīn-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inann
    • Palladius: иньань (inʹanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ˀän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ am³
    • Yale: yām am
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ am³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ em³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ ɐm³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm-am
    • Hakka Romanization System: im´ am
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim¹ am⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /im²⁴⁻¹¹ am⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm-am
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)im´ am
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim¹ am⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)im²⁴⁻¹¹ am⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-àm
    • Tâi-lô: im-àm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: im'axm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² am²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ am⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ am²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ am¹¹/

Adjective

陰暗

1. dark; poorly lit; unilluminated
2. (of the sky) overcast; gloomy
3. gloomy; somber; depressed
4. dishonest; devious; shady

Synonyms

• (dark): 陰沉／阴沉 (yīnchén)
• (overcast): 低沉 (dīchén), 多雲／多云 (duōyún), 灰濛蒙／灰蒙蒙, 陰沉／阴沉 (yīnchén)
• (gloomy):

• 低沉 (dīchén)
• 低落 (dīluò)
• 冷館／冷馆 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 喪氣／丧气
• 壓抑／压抑 (yāyì)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 寡歡／寡欢 (guǎhuān)
• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 悒鬱／悒郁 (yìyù) (literary)
• 悒鬱寡歡／悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)
• 愁悶／愁闷 (chóumèn)
• 憂悶／忧闷 (yōumèn)
• 慘沮／惨沮 (cǎnjǔ) (literary)
• 憂鬱／忧郁 (yōuyù)
• 憋悶／憋闷
• 懊喪／懊丧 (àosàng)
• 抑鬱／抑郁 (yìyù)
• 沉悶／沉闷 (chénmèn)
• 沉鬱／沉郁 (chényù) (literary)
• 沮喪／沮丧 (jǔsàng)
• 消極／消极 (xiāojí)
• 消沉 (xiāochén)
• 灰 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 灰心喪氣／灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)
• 煩悶／烦闷 (fánmèn)
• 神傷／神伤 (shénshāng) (literary)
• 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
• 苦悶／苦闷 (kǔmèn)
• 萎靡
• 陰沉／阴沉 (yīnchén)
• 頹唐／颓唐 (tuítáng)
• 頹喪／颓丧 (tuísàng)
• 頹廢／颓废 (tuífèi)
• 鬱悶／郁闷 (yùmèn)
• 鬱鬱／郁郁 (yùyù) (literary)
• 鬱鬱不樂／郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 齪嘈／龊嘈 (Hokkien)

 

• (dishonest): 不正 (bùzhèng)