暗器

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	device; tool; utensil
trad. (暗器)		暗	器
simp. #(暗器)		暗	器

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ hei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àncì
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: àn-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annchih
    • Palladius: аньци (anʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 暗器 暗泣

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ hei³
    • Yale: am hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ hei̯³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 暗器

1. hidden or concealed weapon (e.g. darts hidden inside the sleeves)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (暗器):

• → Japanese: 暗(あん)器(き) (anki)
• → Vietnamese: ám khí (暗器)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗	器
あん Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
kan’yōon

Alternative spelling
暗器 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Chinese 暗器 (ànqì)

Noun

暗(あん)器(き) • (anki) 

1. (martial arts, weaponry) a hidden weapon
   • 2000 December 20 [1999 May 17], Maekawa, Takeshi, “宮(きゅう)殿(でん)に潜(ひそ)む狼(おおかみ)！の巻(まき) [The Wolf That Lurks inside the Palace!]”, in 新(しん)鉄(てっ)拳(けん)チンミ (新(しん)鉄(てっ)拳(けん)チンミ) [New Ironfist Chinmi], 2nd edition, volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 81:

     例(れい)の暗(あん)器(き)か‥‥‼

     Rei no anki ka‥‥‼

     That hidden weapon again‥‥⁉