暗裡

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing
trad. (暗裡/暗裏)		暗	裡/裏
simp. (暗里)		暗	里

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànlǐ → ànli (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ → ㄢˋ ˙ㄌㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànli̊
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-li⁵
    • Yale: àn-li
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ann.lii
    • Palladius: аньли (anʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ˀän⁵¹ li¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ lei⁵
    • Yale: am léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ lei̯¹³/

Adverb

暗裡

1. in secret; in private; surreptitiously; behind someone's back; privately; on the sly

Synonyms

• 尻川後／尻川后 (Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
• 尻脊後／尻脊后 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 暗下 (ànxià)
• 暗下裡／暗下里 (ànxiàlǐ)
• 暗中 (ànzhōng)
• 暗地 (àndì) (literary)
• 暗地裡／暗地里 (àndìlǐ)
• 暗靜／暗静 (Hokkien)
• 私下 (sīxià)
• 私下裡／私下里 (sīxiàlǐ)
• 私底下
• 私自 (sīzì)
• 背地 (bèidì)
• 背地裡／背地里 (bèidìlǐ)
• 背後／背后 (bèihòu)

 

Derived terms

• 明裡暗裡／明里暗里 (mínglǐ'ànlǐ)