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陰影

简 阴影 · 繁 陰影
Mandarin · pinyin yīn yǐng

Meanings

  1. (lit. and fig.) shadow
  2. Classifier: 道 dào
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陰
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影
yǐng · shadow; image, reflection; photograph
阴
yīn · 'female' principle; dark; secret
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1–3 · yin1 ying3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jam1 jing2

Cantonese word readings for 陰影. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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jam1 jing2

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. shadow
  2. (medicine) shadow
  3. (by extension) traumatic experience; haunting experience

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