"暗" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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暗
Trad. 闇
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 日
Strokes 4
Composition
Strokes 13
Structure
Decomp. 日立日
日 + 音
Prononciation
Mandarin àn
Entry Methods
Pinyin an4
Kanji /
Cangjie
 AYTA
日卜廿日
Sijiao 6006.1
Wubi JUJG
CNS 11643 1-643C
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+6697
GB2312 B0B5
BIG5 B774
HSK
Level 5
暗 àn to close (a door) / to eclipse / muddled / stupid / ignorant / variant of 暗[an4]
Results beginning with 暗
暗暗 àn àn secretly / inwardly
暗示 àn shì to hint / to suggest / suggestion / hint
暗中 àn zhōng in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously
暗自 àn zì inwardly / to oneself / secretly
暗黑 àn hēi dark / dim
暗恋 àn liàn to be secretly in love with
暗杀 àn shā to assassinate
暗器 àn qì concealed weapon
暗藏 àn cáng to hide / to conceal
暗淡 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak
暗访 àn fǎng to make secret inquiries / to investigate in secret
暗影 àn yǐng shadow / umbra
暗算 àn suàn to plot against
暗想 àn xiǎng think to oneself
暗处 àn chù secret place
暗喜 àn xǐ hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans
暗流 àn liú undercurrent
暗号 àn hào secret signal (sign) / countersign / password
暗笑 àn xiào laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
暗地 àn dì secretly / inwardly
暗疮 àn chuāng acne
暗箱 àn xiāng camera bellows / camera obscura
暗含 àn hán to imply / to suggest / to connote / implicit
暗潮 àn cháo undercurrent
暗语 àn yǔ code word
暗室 àn shì darkroom
暗礁 àn jiāo submerged reef (rock)
暗合 àn hé to agree implicitly / of one mind / views coincide without a word exchanged
暗指 àn zhǐ to hint at / to imply / sth hidden
暗箭 àn jiàn attack by a hidden enemy / a stab in the back
暗喻 àn yù metaphor
暗记 àn jì to commit to memory / secret mark
暗河 àn hé underground river
暗害 àn hài to kill secretly / to stab in the back
暗娼 àn chāng unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute
暗探 àn tàn secret agent / detective
暗堡 àn bǎo bunker
暗盒 àn hé magazine / cassette
暗渠 àn qú underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert
暗疾 àn jí unmentionable disease / a disease one is ashamed of
暗锁 àn suǒ built-in lock
暗袋 àn dài camera bag (for changing film)
暗道 àn dào secret passage / secret tunnel
暗疔 àn dīng axillary furuncle / armpit boil
暗煅 àn duàn sealed pot calcination (TCM)
暗井 àn jǐng blind shaft / winze
暗经 àn jīng latent menstruation (TCM)
暗扣 àn kòu hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)
暗亏 àn kuī hidden loss (finance)
暗里 àn li privately / secretly / behind closed doors
暗鹭 àn lù black-crowned night heron (Tw)
暗骂 àn mà to curse under one's breath / to grumble inaudibly
暗昧 àn mèi obscure / remaining unenlightened
暗沙 àn shā submerged sandbank / submerged coral islet
暗伤 àn shāng internal (invisible) injury (damage)
暗哨 àn shào hidden sentry post
暗滩 àn tān hidden shoal
暗条 àn tiáo filament
暗网 àn wǎng (computing) Dark Web
暗香 àn xiāng subtle fragrance
暗滞 àn zhì dull (complexion)
暗转 àn zhuǎn (theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene) / (literary) to be promoted in rank secretly
暗桩 àn zhuāng submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats / (fig.) informer / spy
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暗地里 àn dì li secretly / inwardly / on the sly
暗色岩  trap / traprock
暗公鸟 àn gōng niǎo black-crowned night heron (Tw)
暗光鸟 àn guāng niǎo black-crowned night heron (Tw)
暗花儿 àn huā r veiled design incised in porcelain or woven in fabric
暗灰色 àn huī sè dark gray
暗间儿 àn jiān r inner room
暗记儿 àn jì r secret mark
暗能量 àn néng liàng dark energy (astronomy)
暗哨儿 àn shào r whistle given as a secret signal
暗适应 àn shì yìng (visual physiology) dark adaptation
暗星云 àn xīng yún dark nebula (visible as a shadow, absorbing light from behind) / absorption nebula
暗紫色 àn zǐ sè dark purple
暗无天日 àn wú tiān rì all black, no daylight (idiom) / a world without justice
暗送秋波 àn sòng qiū bō to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
暗渡陈仓 àn dù Chén cāng lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
暗香疏影 àn xiāng shū yǐng (poetic depiction of plum blossom)
暗背雨燕 àn bèi yǔ yàn (bird species of China) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
暗层生物 àn céng shēng wù stygobiont
暗察明访 àn chá míng fǎng open enquiries and secret search (idiom) / to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
暗淡蓝点 àn dàn lán diǎn pale
暗腹雪鸡 àn fù xuě jī (bird species of China) Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)
暗灰鹃䴗 àn huī juān jú (bird species of China) black-winged cuckooshrike (Coracina melaschistos)
暗绿柳莺 àn lu:4 liǔ yīng (bird species of China) greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
暗冕鹪莺 àn miǎn jiāo yīng (bird species of China) rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens)
暗色鸦雀 àn sè yā què (bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Sinosuthora zappeyi)
暗箱操作 àn xiāng cāo zuò covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations
暗线光谱 àn xiàn guāng pǔ dark-line spectrum
暗胸朱雀 àn xiōng zhū què (bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
暗中监视 àn zhōng jiān shì to monitor secretly / to spy on
暗黑破坏神 An4 hēi Pò huài Shén Diablo (video game series)
暗房技术员  Darkroom Technician
暗绿背鸬鹚 àn lu:4 bèi lú cí (bird species of China) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
暗绿绣眼鸟 àn lu:4 xiù yǎn niǎo (bird species of China) Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
暗室和制版股  Darkroom and Platemaking Unit
暗天体摄像机 àn tiān tǐ shè xiàng jī Faint Object Camera
Approximate Results for 暗
黑暗 hēi àn dark / darkly / darkness
阴暗 yīn àn dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
昏暗 hūn àn dusky
灰暗 huī àn dull gray / drab / murky
幽暗 yōu àn gloom
晦暗 huì àn dark and gloomy
变暗 biàn àn to darken
黝暗 yǒu àn murk / murkiness
薄暗 bó àn at dusk / evening
发暗 fā àn to darken / to become tarnished
凄暗 qī àn dismal / somber
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阴暗面 yīn àn miàn the dark side (of society etc)
柳暗花明 liǔ àn huā míng lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom) / at one's darkest hour, a glimmer of hope / light at the end of the tunnel
明争暗斗 míng zhēng àn dòu to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom)
明察暗访 míng chá àn fǎng open enquiries and secret search (idiom) / to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
弃暗投明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one
明珠暗投 míng zhū àn tóu to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
头昏眼暗 tóu hūn yǎn àn head spinning and eyes dark (idiom) / dizzy / fainting / vertigo
定点暗杀  targeted assassination / targeted killing
黑暗时代 Hēi àn Shí dài Dark Ages
明暗界线 míng àn jiè xiàn terminator
明查暗访 míng chá àn fǎng open enquiries and secret search (idiom) / to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
明岗暗哨 míng gǎng àn shào both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)
明里暗里 míng lǐ àn lǐ both publicly and privately / both overtly and secretly / both explicitly and implicitly
名重识暗 míng zhòng shí àn of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
全球变暗 quán qiú biàn àn global dimming
幽暗地域 yōu àn dì yù Underdark
幽暗密林 yōu àn mì lín Mirkwood
反气旋阴暗  anticyclonic gloom
黎明前的黑暗 lí míng qián de hēi àn darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom)
明人不做暗事 míng rén bù zuò àn shì an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
兼听则明，偏信则暗 jiān tīng zé míng , piān xìn zé àn listen to both sides and you will be enlightened / heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
明枪好躲，暗箭难防 míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) / it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
明枪易躲，暗箭难防 míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom) / it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion
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