暗箭

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	arrow
trad. (暗箭)		暗	箭
simp. #(暗箭)		暗	箭
Literally: “arrow shot from hiding”.

Etymology

See 明槍易躲，暗箭難防／明枪易躲，暗箭难防 (míngqiāng yì duǒ, ànjiàn nán fáng).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ zin³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àm-chìⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-chien⁴
    • Yale: àn-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annjiann
    • Palladius: аньцзянь (anʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ zin³
    • Yale: am jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ t͡siːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-chìⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: àm-tsìnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: armcvix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /am²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ t͡sĩ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sĩ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sĩ²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 暗箭

1. (figurative) underhanded attack; intrigue; stab in the back