暗示

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	to show; reveal
trad. (暗示)		暗	示
simp. #(暗示)		暗	示

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ si⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): am-sṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): àm-sī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): am³ si⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànshìh
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: àn-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annshyh
    • Palladius: аньши (anʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: am³ si⁶
    • Yale: am sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 暗事 暗示

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: am-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: am sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: am⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /am⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-sī
    • Tâi-lô: àm-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: armsi
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /am²¹⁻⁵³ si²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ si²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ si³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ si³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: am³ si⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àm sī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /am²¹³⁻⁵⁵ si¹¹/

Verb

暗示

1. to hint at; to drop a hint; to imply

Synonyms

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• 意味 (yìwèi)
• 意味著 (yìwèizhe)
• 暗含 (ànhán)
• 暗指 (ànzhǐ)
• 標誌 / 标志 (biāozhì)
• 蘊含 / 蕴含 (yùnhán)
• 隱含 / 隐含 (yǐnhán)

Antonyms

• 明示 (míngshì)

Noun

暗示

1. hint

Derived terms

• 暗示性 (ànshìxìng)
• 自我暗示 (zìwǒ ànshì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (暗示):

• → Japanese: 暗示(あんじ) (anji)
• → Korean: 암시(暗示) (amsi)
• → Vietnamese: ám thị (暗示)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗	示
あん Grade: 3	じ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

暗(あん)示(じ) • (anji) 

1. hint, implication, intimation, suggestion

Antonyms

• 明示(めいじ) (meiji): explication, demonstration, manifestation

Verb

暗(あん)示(じ)する • (anji suru) transitive suru (stem 暗(あん)示(じ)し (anji shi), past 暗(あん)示(じ)した (anji shita))

1. to give a hint, imply, intimate, suggest

Conjugation

Conjugation of "暗示する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	暗示し	あんじし	anji shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	暗示し	あんじし	anji shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	暗示する	あんじする	anji suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	暗示する	あんじする	anji suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	暗示すれ	あんじすれ	anji sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	暗示せよ¹ 暗示しろ²	あんじせよ¹ あんじしろ²	anji seyo¹ anji shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	暗示される	あんじされる	anji sareru
Causative	暗示させる 暗示さす	あんじさせる あんじさす	anji saseru anji sasu
Potential	暗示できる	あんじできる	anji dekiru
Volitional	暗示しよう	あんじしよう	anji shiyō
Negative	暗示しない	あんじしない	anji shinai
Negative continuative	暗示せず	あんじせず	anji sezu
Formal	暗示します	あんじします	anji shimasu
Perfective	暗示した	あんじした	anji shita
Conjunctive	暗示して	あんじして	anji shite
Hypothetical conditional	暗示すれば	あんじすれば	anji sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “暗示”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
暗	示

Noun

暗示 • (amsi) (hangeul 암시)

1. hanja form^? of 암시 (“hint; implication; suggestion”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
暗	示

Verb

暗示

1. chữ Hán form of ám thị (“to suggest”)