暗地裡

Chinese

		in secret; in private; surreptitiously in secret; in private; surreptitiously; behind someone's back; privately; on the sly	inside; within; in inside; within; in; lining of clothing
trad. (暗地裡/暗地裏)		暗地	裡/裏
simp. (暗地里)		暗地	里

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): àndìlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ dei⁶ leoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: àndìlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: àndìlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-ti⁴-li³
    • Yale: àn-dì-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: anndihlii
    • Palladius: аньдили (anʹdili)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ dei⁶ leoi⁵
    • Yale: am deih léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ dei⁶ loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ déi⁶ lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ tei̯²² lɵy̯¹³/

Adverb

暗地裡

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)