烏暗

Chinese

		a crow; black; not a crow; black; not; empty; void	dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret
trad. (烏暗)		烏	暗
simp. (乌暗)		乌	暗

Pronunciation

• Eastern Min (BUC): ŭ-áng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-àm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ou¹ am³

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• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ŭ-áng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ɑŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-àm
    • Tâi-lô: oo-àm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'axm
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ am¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ am²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² am²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ am⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ou¹ am³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ou àm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ou³³⁻²³ am²¹³/

Adjective

烏暗

1. (Southern Min) dark
2. (Hokkien) corrupt; sordid

Synonyms

• (dark):

• 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)
• 陰幽／阴幽 (yīnyōu) (literary)
• 黑暗 (hēi'àn)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “dark”):
• 光明 (guāngmíng)

Derived terms

• 烏暗天／乌暗天
• 烏暗眩／乌暗眩