"暗" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Prononciation
Mandarin àn
Entry Methods
Pinyin an4
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AYTA
日卜廿日
Sijiao 6006.1
Wubi JUJG
CNS 11643 1-643C
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+6697
GB2312 B0B5
BIG5 B774
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Level 5
 àn to close (a door) / to eclipse / muddled / stupid / ignorant / variant of 暗[an4]
Results beginning with 暗
 àn àn secretly / inwardly
 àn shì to hint / to suggest / suggestion / hint
 àn zhōng in the dark / in secret / on the sly / surreptitiously
 àn zì inwardly / to oneself / secretly
 àn hēi dark / dim
 àn liàn to be secretly in love with
 àn shā to assassinate
 àn qì concealed weapon
 àn cáng to hide / to conceal
 àn dàn dark / dim (light) / dull (color) / drab / (fig.) gloomy / bleak
访 àn fǎng to make secret inquiries / to investigate in secret
 àn yǐng shadow / umbra
 àn suàn to plot against
 àn xiǎng think to oneself
 àn chù secret place
 àn xǐ hidden smile / smirk / to rejoice covertly / secret satisfaction concerning one's evil plans
 àn liú undercurrent
 àn hào secret signal (sign) / countersign / password
 àn xiào laugh in (up) one's sleeve / snigger / snicker
 àn dì secretly / inwardly
 àn chuāng acne
 àn xiāng camera bellows / camera obscura
 àn hán to imply / to suggest / to connote / implicit
 àn cháo undercurrent
 àn yǔ code word
 àn shì darkroom
 àn jiāo submerged reef (rock)
 àn hé to agree implicitly / of one mind / views coincide without a word exchanged
 àn zhǐ to hint at / to imply / sth hidden
 àn jiàn attack by a hidden enemy / a stab in the back
 àn yù metaphor
 àn jì to commit to memory / secret mark
 àn hé underground river
 àn hài to kill secretly / to stab in the back
 àn chāng unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute
 àn tàn secret agent / detective
 àn bǎo bunker
 àn hé magazine / cassette
 àn qú underground water channel / covered ditch / culvert
 àn jí unmentionable disease / a disease one is ashamed of
 àn suǒ built-in lock
 àn dài camera bag (for changing film)
 àn dào secret passage / secret tunnel
 àn dīng axillary furuncle / armpit boil
 àn duàn sealed pot calcination (TCM)
 àn jǐng blind shaft / winze
 àn jīng latent menstruation (TCM)
 àn kòu hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)
 àn kuī hidden loss (finance)
 àn li privately / secretly / behind closed doors
 àn lù black-crowned night heron (Tw)
 àn mà to curse under one's breath / to grumble inaudibly
 àn mèi obscure / remaining unenlightened
 àn shā submerged sandbank / submerged coral islet
 àn shāng internal (invisible) injury (damage)
 àn shào hidden sentry post
 àn tān hidden shoal
 àn tiáo filament
 àn wǎng (computing) Dark Web
 àn xiāng subtle fragrance
 àn zhì dull (complexion)
 àn zhuǎn (theater) blackout (e.g. at the end of a scene) / (literary) to be promoted in rank secretly
 àn zhuāng submerged piles installed to prevent the passage of boats / (fig.) informer / spy
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 àn dì li secretly / inwardly / on the sly
  trap / traprock
 àn gōng niǎo black-crowned night heron (Tw)
 àn guāng niǎo black-crowned night heron (Tw)
 àn huā r veiled design incised in porcelain or woven in fabric
 àn huī sè dark gray
 àn jiān r inner room
 àn jì r secret mark
 àn néng liàng dark energy (astronomy)
 àn shào r whistle given as a secret signal
 àn shì yìng (visual physiology) dark adaptation
 àn xīng yún dark nebula (visible as a shadow, absorbing light from behind) / absorption nebula
 àn zǐ sè dark purple
 àn wú tiān rì all black, no daylight (idiom) / a world without justice
 àn sòng qiū bō to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
 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
 àn xiāng shū yǐng (poetic depiction of plum blossom)
 àn bèi yǔ yàn (bird species of China) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
 àn céng shēng wù stygobiont
访 àn chá míng fǎng open enquiries and secret search (idiom) / to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
 àn dàn lán diǎn pale
 àn fù xuě jī (bird species of China) Himalayan snowcock (Tetraogallus himalayensis)
 àn huī juān jú (bird species of China) black-winged cuckooshrike (Coracina melaschistos)
绿 àn lu:4 liǔ yīng (bird species of China) greenish warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
 àn miǎn jiāo yīng (bird species of China) rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens)
 àn sè yā què (bird species of China) grey-hooded parrotbill (Sinosuthora zappeyi)
 àn xiāng cāo zuò covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations
线 àn xiàn guāng pǔ dark-line spectrum
 àn xiōng zhū què (bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
 àn zhōng jiān shì to monitor secretly / to spy on
 An4 hēi Pò huài Shén Diablo (video game series)
  Darkroom Technician
绿 àn lu:4 bèi lú cí (bird species of China) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
绿 àn lu:4 xiù yǎn niǎo (bird species of China) Japanese white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
  Darkroom and Platemaking Unit
 àn tiān tǐ shè xiàng jī Faint Object Camera
Approximate Results for 暗
 hēi àn dark / darkly / darkness
 yīn àn dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
 hūn àn dusky
 huī àn dull gray / drab / murky
 yōu àn gloom
 huì àn dark and gloomy
 biàn àn to darken
 yǒu àn murk / murkiness
 bó àn at dusk / evening
 fā àn to darken / to become tarnished
 qī àn dismal / somber
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 yīn àn miàn the dark side (of society etc)
 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
 míng zhēng àn dòu to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom)
访 míng chá àn fǎng open enquiries and secret search (idiom) / to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
 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
 míng zhū àn tóu to cast pearls before swine (idiom) / not to get proper recognition for one's talents
 tóu hūn yǎn àn head spinning and eyes dark (idiom) / dizzy / fainting / vertigo
  targeted assassination / targeted killing
 Hēi àn Shí dài Dark Ages
线 míng àn jiè xiàn terminator
访 míng chá àn fǎng open enquiries and secret search (idiom) / to investigate openly and in secret / taking information from all sides
 míng gǎng àn shào both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom)
 míng lǐ àn lǐ both publicly and privately / both overtly and secretly / both explicitly and implicitly
 míng zhòng shí àn of great reputation but shallow in knowledge (idiom)
 quán qiú biàn àn global dimming
 yōu àn dì yù Underdark
 yōu àn mì lín Mirkwood
  anticyclonic gloom
 lí míng qián de hēi àn darkness comes before dawn / things can only get better (idiom)
 míng rén bù zuò àn shì an honest person does not act surreptitiously (idiom)
 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)
 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
 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
 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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