隱隱

Chinese

		secret; hidden; concealed	secret; hidden; concealed
trad. (隱隱)		隱	隱
simp. (隐隐)		隐	隐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnyǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² jan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnyǐn [Phonetic: yínyǐn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnyǐn
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-yin³
    • Yale: yǐn-yǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinyiin
    • Palladius: иньинь (inʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² jan²
    • Yale: yán yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² jan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² yen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ jɐn³⁵/

Adjective

隱隱

1. (ideophonic) faint; indistinct; dull

   隱隱作痛／隐隐作痛  ―  yǐnyǐn zuòtòng  ―  to have a dull pain; to have an ache

Synonyms

• 不清 (bùqīng)
• 低迷 (dīmí)
• 依稀 (yīxī)
• 含混 (hánhùn)
• 含糊
• 微茫 (wēimáng) (formal)
• 恍惚 (huǎnghū)
• 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng)
• 模稜／模棱 (móléng)
• 模糊
• 淡漠 (dànmò)
• 約略／约略 (yuēlüè)
• 迷離／迷离 (mílí) (literary)
• 隱約／隐约 (yǐnyuē)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
隱	隱

Root

隱隱 • (euneun) (hangeul 은은)

1. Hanja form^? of 은은 (“faint, indistinct”).