陰沉

See also: 阴沉

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	submerge; immerse; sink submerge; immerse; sink; deep; profound; to lower; to drop
trad. (陰沉)		陰	沉
simp. (阴沉)		阴	沉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnchén

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄔㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ cam⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-tîm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnchén
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄔㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinchén
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-chʻên²
    • Yale: yīn-chén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: inchern
    • Palladius: иньчэнь (inʹčɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ cam⁴
    • Yale: yām chàhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ tsam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ cem⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɐm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-tîm
    • Tâi-lô: im-tîm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imdiim
    • IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² tim²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ tim²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² tim¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ tim²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ tim²³/

Adjective

陰沉

1. dark; poorly lit; unilluminated
2. (of the sky) overcast; gloomy

   天氣陰沉，雨一直下腰酸背痛。 [MSC, trad.]
   天气阴沉，雨一直下腰酸背痛。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tiānqì yīnchén, yǔ yīzhí xià yāosuānbèitòng. [Pinyin]

   The weather is gloomy, it always rains and I have pains in the back.

3. gloomy; somber; depressed

   幹嗎陰沉著臉？ [MSC, trad.]
   干吗阴沉着脸？ [MSC, simp.]

   Gànma yīnchén zhe liǎn? [Pinyin]

   Why so gloomy?

Synonyms

• (dark): 陰暗／阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• (overcast): 低沉 (dīchén), 多雲／多云 (duōyún), 灰濛蒙／灰蒙蒙, 陰暗／阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• (gloomy):

• 低沉 (dīchén)
• 低落 (dīluò)
• 冷館／冷馆 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 喪氣／丧气
• 壓抑／压抑 (yāyì)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 寡歡／寡欢 (guǎhuān)
• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 悒鬱／悒郁 (yìyù) (literary)
• 悒鬱寡歡／悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)
• 愁悶／愁闷 (chóumèn)
• 憂悶／忧闷 (yōumèn)
• 慘沮／惨沮 (cǎnjǔ) (literary)
• 憂鬱／忧郁 (yōuyù)
• 憋悶／憋闷
• 懊喪／懊丧 (àosàng)
• 抑鬱／抑郁 (yìyù)
• 沉悶／沉闷 (chénmèn)
• 沉鬱／沉郁 (chényù) (literary)
• 沮喪／沮丧 (jǔsàng)
• 消極／消极 (xiāojí)
• 消沉 (xiāochén)
• 灰 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 灰心喪氣／灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)
• 煩悶／烦闷 (fánmèn)
• 神傷／神伤 (shénshāng) (literary)
• 索寞 (suǒmò) (literary or Eastern Min)
• 苦悶／苦闷 (kǔmèn)
• 萎靡
• 陰暗／阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• 頹唐／颓唐 (tuítáng)
• 頹喪／颓丧 (tuísàng)
• 頹廢／颓废 (tuífèi)
• 鬱悶／郁闷 (yùmèn)
• 鬱鬱／郁郁 (yùyù) (literary)
• 鬱鬱不樂／郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 齪嘈／龊嘈 (Hokkien)