陰幽

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	quiet; secluded
trad. (陰幽)		陰	幽
simp. (阴幽)		阴	幽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnyōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinyou
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-yu¹
    • Yale: yīn-yōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iniou
    • Palladius: инью (inʹju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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Adjective

陰幽

1. (literary) dim; gloomy

Synonyms

• 冥冥 (míngmíng) (literary)
• 慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 慘白／惨白 (cǎnbái)
• 昏暗 (hūn'àn)
• 昏沉 (hūnchén)
• 昏黑 (hūnhēi)
• 晦冥 (huìmíng) (literary, used both literally and figuratively)
• 晦暗 (huì'àn) (literary)
• 暗淡 (àndàn) (used both literally and figuratively)
• 烏暗／乌暗 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 黑暗 (hēi'àn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陰幽):

• → Vietnamese: âm u (陰幽)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
陰	幽

Adjective

陰幽

1. chữ Hán form of âm u (“dim; gloomy”).