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陰
简 阴 · 繁 陰Characters in this entry
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Mandarin tones
1 · yin1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 16 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
am1 · jam1 · jam3
Cantonese word readings for 陰. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- cloudy; overcast; gloomy
- hidden; secret
- (negative) negative
- the Moon
- shade; shadow
- north of a mountain or south of a river
- back side
- of the nether world; of ghosts
- (philosophy) "female" principle; yin in yin-yang
- in intaglio
- treacherous; deceitful; cheating
- (dialectal) to deceive; to trick; to trap
- (Chinese phonetics, of a syllable) open; not having a consonant coda
- (Cantonese) bangs; fringe
- genitalia (of humans)
- a surname
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