陰險

See also: 阴险

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	danger(ous); rugged
trad. (陰險)		陰	險
simp. (阴险)		阴	险

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnxiǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ him²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yîm-hiám

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yim¹ hiam³

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): im-hiám

  (Teochew, Peng'im): im¹ hiam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnxiǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄒㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinsiǎn
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-hsien³
    • Yale: yīn-syǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inshean
    • Palladius: иньсянь (inʹsjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ him²
    • Yale: yām hím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ him²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ him²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ hiːm³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm-hiám
    • Hakka Romanization System: im´ hiam`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim<sup>1</sup> hiam<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /im²⁴ hi̯am³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yîm-hiám
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)im´ hiam`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yim¹ hiam³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)im²⁴ hi̯am³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yim¹ hiam³
    • Sinological IPA: /im⁴⁴⁻³⁵ hiam³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-hiám
    • Tâi-lô: im-hiám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imhiarm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² hiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ hiam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² hiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ hiam⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ hiam⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: im¹ hiam²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: im hiám
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /im³³⁻²³ hiam⁵²/

Adjective

陰險

1. treacherous; sinister

Synonyms

• 世故 (shìgù)
• 刁 (diāo)
• 刁滑 (diāohuá)
• 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān)
• 刁頑／刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
• 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
• 圓泛／圆泛 (yenn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 圓滑／圆滑 (yuánhuá)
• 圞泛／𪢮泛 (lonn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 奸宄 (Hokkien)
• 奸巧 (Hokkien)
• 奸狡
• 奸猾 (jiānhuá)
• 奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
• 姦刁／奸刁 (¹ke-tiau) (Wu)
• 姦詐／奸诈 (jiānzhà)
• 油滑 (yóuhuá)
• 滑
• 滑頭／滑头 (huátóu)
• 狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
• 狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
• 狡獪／狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
• 狡詐／狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
• 狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
• 詭詐／诡诈 (guǐzhà)
• 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
• 陰濕／阴湿 (jam¹ sap¹) (Cantonese)
• 頑惡／顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)