陰 (jam1 jam3 am1 | yin1 an1 {yin4}) : female; shady; crafty

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陰

jam1 jam3 am1

yin1 an1 {yin4}

(1) [1] negative (as opposite to positive, as electricity) [2] female; feminine [3] cloudy; dark [4] shady [5] secret [6] the back side [7] the north side of a mountain [8] the south side of a stream [9] reproductive organs of both sexes [10] Hades; hell [11] cunning and crafty [12] [v] injure another in a clandestine manner
[13] time [14] a Chinese family name
(2) shaded by trees

Stroke count: 11

Level: 4

Radical: (#170)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

陰 / 阴

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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陰曆 jam1 lik6 = lunar calendar; Chinese calendar

陰陽 jam1 joeng4 = yin and yang

陰功 jam1 gung1 yin1 gong1 = cruel; pitiable

陰謀 jam1 mau4 yin1 mou2 = plot; conspiracy

陰暗 jam1 am3 yin1 an4 = dim

陰天 jam1 tin1 yin1 tian1 = cloudy sky

陰濕 jam1 sap1 yin1 shi1 = wicked; malevolent; tricky 粵

陰莖 jam1 ging3 yin1 jing1 = penis

陰森 jam1 sam1 = gloomy, eerie

陰影 jam1 jing2 yin1 ying3 = shadow
See all 81 compounds (CantoDict reports 85 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 4 examples containing 陰

你呢條計好陰濕。粵
Your plot is very wicked.

你做咁多陰質嘢粵
you did so many bad things

當日天陰陰，落雨絲濕噉，一出門口我都經已有不祥嘅預感粵
That day the weather was overcast and about to rain. I had a very bad feeling as I stepped out my house.

一寸光陰一寸金，寸金難買寸光陰
Time is as valuable as gold. However, one cannot buy time with gold.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 陰
Unicode code for this character: U+9670 (off-site link)

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