阴 yīn

'female' principle; dark; secret

HSK 2 #987

DEFINITIONS

  • 'female' principle
  • dark
  • secret
  • surname Yin
  • overcast (weather)
  • cloudy
  • shady
  • Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
  • negative (electric.)
  • feminine
  • moon
  • implicit
  • hidden
  • genitalia
  • variant of 陰|阴[yin1]

STROKES

WORDS

阴天 yīn tiān cloudy day; overcast sky
阴沉沉 yīn chén chén dark (weather, mood)
阴历 yīn lì lunar calendar
阴阳怪气 yīn yáng guài qì eccentric; peculiar; mystifying
阴差阳错 yīn chā yáng cuò (idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
会阴 huì yīn perineum
树阴 shù yīn shade (of a tree)
阴极 yīn jí cathode; negative electrode (i.e. emitting electrons)
阴功 yīn gōng hidden merits
阴毛 yīn máo pubic hair
阴湿 yīn shī dark and moist
阴险毒辣 yīn xiǎn dú là treacherous and murderous
阴风 yīn fēng chill wind; (fig.) evil wind
阴曹 yīn cáo hell; the inferno
阳奉阴违 yáng fèng yīn wéi outward devotion but inner opposition (idiom); to pay lip service; to agree overtly, but oppose in secret
阴山 yīn shān Yin mountains in Inner Mongolia
阴德 yīn dé secret virtue
阴毒 yīn dú sinister; insidious
阴离子 yīn lí zǐ negative ion; anion (physics)
一命归阴 yī mìng guī yīn see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
一寸光阴一寸金 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
一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴 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.
交叉阴影线 jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiàn hatched lines; cross-hatched graphic pattern
光阴似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
卡到阴 kǎ dào yīn (Tw) to be possessed; to be bewitched
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