暗下

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
simp. and trad. (暗下)		暗	下
anagram		下暗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànxià

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànsià
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-hsia⁴
    • Yale: àn-syà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annshiah
    • Palladius: анься (anʹsja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/

Adverb

暗下

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)
• 暗下裡／暗下里 (ànxiàlǐ)
• 暗中 (ànzhōng)
• 暗地 (àndì) (literary)
• 暗地裡／暗地里 (àndìlǐ)
• 暗裡／暗里 (ànlǐ)
• 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

• 暗下裡／暗下里 (ànxiàlǐ)