"阴" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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Decomp. 阝月
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弓中月
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 yīn variant of 陰|阴[yin1]
Results beginning with 阴
 yīn yǐng (lit. and fig.) shadow
 yīn jīng penis
 yīn móu plot / conspiracy
 yīn dào vagina
 yīn yáng yin and yang
 yīn àn dim / dark / overcast / darkness / shadow / (fig.) dismal / gloomy / somber / murky / shadowy (side)
 yīn sēn gloomy / sinister / eerie
 yīn chén gloomy
 yīn xiǎn treacherous / sinister
 yīn tiān cloudy day / overcast sky
 yīn lěng gloomy and cold
 yīn mái haze
 yīn dì clitoris
 yīn xìng negative / feminine
 yīn bù genitalia
 yīn liáng shady
 yīn yù gloomy
 yīn yún dark cloud
 yīn fēng chill wind / (fig.) evil wind
 yīn chún labia
 yīn máo pubic hair
 yīn jiān the nether world / Hades / (neologism) (slang) disturbing / unsettling / awful / detestable
 yīn lì lunar calendar
 yīn náng scrotum
 yīn hù vulva
 yīn jí cathode / negative electrode (i.e. emitting electrons)
 yīn dú sinister / insidious
 Yīn shān Yin mountains in Inner Mongolia
 yīn xū deficiency of yin 陰|阴[yin1] (TCM)
 yīn hún ghost / spirit
 yīn hé clitoris
湿 yīn shī dark and moist
 yīn xué cave / (coll.) vagina
 yīn dé secret virtue
 yīn jīng sex fluids
 yīn zhái tomb (feng shui term)
 yīn gān to dry in the shade
 yīn sī hell / nether world
 yīn fù mons veneris
 yīn píng high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
 yīn mén vulva / pudenda
 yīn miàn shady side / dark side
 yīn sī shameful secret
 yīn cáo hell / the inferno
 yīn dì erroneous variant of 陰蒂|阴蒂[yin1 di4]
 yīn diàn negative electric charge
 yīn gōng hidden merits
 yīn huì overcast / gloomy
 yīn jìng penis / variant of 陰莖|阴茎
 yīn mó negative cast / negative
 yīn pì queef
 yīn róu gentle and reserved / soft / feminine
 yīn suō a hard wood
 yīn xiào to laugh evilly
 yīn zhāo dirty trick
 yīn zhì charitable acts performed in secret / hidden good deeds
 yīn zhì malicious / treacherous
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 yīn dào yán vaginal infection / inflammation of the vulva or vagina / colpitis
 yīn chén chén dark (weather, mood)
 yīn dào kǒu female external genitalia (anatomy) / vulva
 yīn àn miàn the dark side (of society etc)
 yīn lí zǐ negative ion / anion (physics)
 yīn móu jiā schemer / conspirator
 yīn móu lùn conspiracy theory
 Yīn yáng jiā School of Yin-Yang of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Zou Yan 鄒衍|邹衍[Zou1 Yan3]
  negative
 yīn dào qiōng Fornix
 yīn jīng tào condom / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
 yīn liáng chù shady place
 yīn píng shēng high and level tone, the first tone of putonghua
 yīn yǐng fǎ shading
 yīn móu guǐ jì crafty plots and machinations (idiom)
 yīn yáng guài qì eccentric / peculiar / mystifying
 yīn cáo dì fǔ netherworld / Kingdom of the Underworld / Hades
 yīn chā yáng cuò (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
 yīn cuò yáng chā (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
 yīn hún bù sàn lit. the soul of a deceased has not yet dispersed (idiom) / fig. the influence still lingers on / the spirit (of some doctrine) is still alive
  female circumcision / excision / clitoridectomy
  gynecological speculum
 yīn xiǎn dú là treacherous and murderous
 yīn xū huǒ wàng an excess of heat caused by a deficiency in Yin energy (idiom)
 yīn yáng hé tóng a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table "yin contract" 陰合同|阴合同 / as well as an ostensibly genuine "yang contract" 陽合同|阳合同 / in order to deceive authorities
线 yīn jí shè xiàn guǎn cathode ray tube
  female circumcision / excision / clitoridectomy
 yīn dào guàn xǐ fǎ douche
 yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
 yīn lí zǐ bù wèi anionic site
 yīn xìng duì zhào wù negative control
 yīn xìng yù gào zhí negative predictive value
  anion exchanger
 yīn dào zōng lu:2 zhuàng bì palmate folds of cervical canal / plicae palmatae canalis cervicis uteri
 yīn dé bì yǒu yáng bào hidden merits will have visible rewards (idiom)
 yīn móu diān fù zhèng fǔ zuì the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government
Approximate Results for 阴
 Jiāng yīn Jiangyin, county-level city in Wuxi 無錫|无锡[Wu2 xi1], Jiangsu
 guāng yīn time available
 wài yīn vulva
 tài yīn the Moon (esp. in Daoism)
 huì yīn perineum
 shù yīn shade (of a tree)
 suō yīn to make the vagina tighter
 bèi yīn in the shade / shady
 nu:3 yīn vulva / pudenda
 tiǎn yīn cunnilingus
 cùn yīn a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
 Hàn yīn Hanyin County in Ankang 安康[An1 kang1], Shaanxi
 Huái yīn Huaiyin district of Huai'an city 淮安市[Huai2 an1 shi4], Jiangsu
 Huá yīn Huayin, county-level city in Weinan 渭南[Wei4 nan2], Shaanxi
绿 lu:4 yīn tree shade / shady
 Méng yīn Mengyin county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lin2 yi2], Shandong
 Píng yīn Pingyin county in Jinan 濟南|济南[Ji3 nan2], Shandong
 Shān yīn Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州[Shuo4 zhou1], Shanxi
 Tāng yīn Tangyin county in Anyang 安陽|安阳[An1 yang2], Henan
 Xiāng yīn Xiangyin county in Yueyang 岳陽|岳阳[Yue4 yang2], Hunan
 xià yīn the genitals
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 lù yīn pǐ indecent exposure / flashing
  false negative
  Metonic cycle
 chéng yīn xìng to test negative
 fù yīn cáo to enter hell
 guān luò yīn a ritual whereby the living soul is brought to the nether world for a spiritual journey
 Hàn yīn Xiàn Hanyin County in Ankang 安康[An1 kang1], Shaanxi
 Huái yīn qū Huaiyin district of Huai'an city 淮安市[Huai2 an1 shi4], Jiangsu
 Huá yīn Shì Huayin, county-level city in Weinan 渭南[Wei4 nan2], Shaanxi
 Jiāng yīn shì Jiangyin, county-level city in Wuxi 無錫|无锡[Wu2 xi1], Jiangsu
 jiǎ yīn xìng false negative
 kǎ dào yīn (Tw) to be possessed / to be bewitched
 lín yīn dào see 林蔭道|林荫道[lin2 yin4 dao4]
 lín yīn lù see 林蔭道|林荫道[lin2 yin4 dao4]
 Méng yīn xiàn Mengyin county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂[Lin2 yi2], Shandong
 Píng yīn xiàn Pingyin county in Jinan 濟南|济南[Ji3 nan2], Shandong
 shān yīn fēng to raise an ill wind
 Shān yīn xiàn Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州[Shuo4 zhou1], Shanxi
 Tāng yīn xiàn Tangyin county in Anyang 安陽|安阳[An1 yang2], Henan
 wán yīn de to play dirty / crafty / scheming
 wěi yīn xìng false negative
 Xiāng yīn xiàn Xiangyin county in Yueyang 岳陽|岳阳[Yue4 yang2], Hunan
 xī cùn yīn to cherish every moment / to make good use of one's time
 yǒu yīn yǐng shadowy
 yáng fèng yīn wéi outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom) / to pay lip service / to agree overtly, but oppose in secret
 guāng yīn sì jiàn time flies like an arrow (idiom) / How time flies!
 guāng yīn rěn rǎn How time flies! (idiom)
 yī mìng guī yīn see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
  presumptive negative
 Huái yīn dì qū Huaiyin prefecture in Jiangsu
 lín yīn dà dào boulevard / tree-lined avenue / CL:條|条[tiao2]
 xū dù guāng yīn to waste time on worthless activities
  vesico-vaginal fistula
  anticyclonic gloom
 gé lán shì yīn xìng Gram negative (of bacteria) / also written 革蘭氏陰性|革兰氏阴性
 Gé lán shì yīn xìng Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)
线 jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiàn hatched lines / cross-hatched graphic pattern
  cold-cathode trigger tube
  seronegative population
 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom) / fig. free time is to be treasured
 cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn An ounce of gold can't buy you an interval of time (idiom) / Money can't buy you time. / Time is precious.
 wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
  Pap smear
 yì zī bìng dú kàng tǐ yīn xìng HIV-negative
 yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom) / fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
 yǒu yì zāi huā huā bù fā , wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
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