陰 (jam1 | yin1) : overcast; shade; yin; covert; private parts

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陰

jam1

yin1

[1] [adj] overcast; cloudy; gloomy
[2] [n] shade; back side; dark side
[3] [n] yin (female/passive/negative principle in nature, as opposed to yang 陽)
[4] [adj] covert; crafty; treacherous
[5] [n] private parts (esp of the female)
[6] [n] nether world; Hades; hell
[7] [n] north of a hill or south of a river
[8] [粵] [v] trick; cheat; betray

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

陰 / 阴

This word has been viewed 13367 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 28th Aug 2013 15:48

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陰間 jam1 gaan1 yin1 jian1 = nether world; afterworld

陰曆 jam1 lik6 = lunar calendar; Chinese calendar

陰陽 jam1 joeng4 = yin and yang

陰功 jam1 gung1 yin1 gong1 = [粵]cruel; pitiable;[國]good deeds done in secret

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 yin1 sen1 = gloomy, eerie

陰影 jam1 jing2 yin1 ying3 = shadow

有陰影 jau5 jam1 jing2 you3 yin1 ying3 = shadowy

遮陰 ze1 jam1 = overshadow

天陰 tin1 jam1 = cloudy

樹陰 syu6 jam1 shu4 yin1 = the shade of a tree

陰乾 jam1 gon1 = usually refers to an act to dry up the resource

陰冷 jam1 laang5*1 = gloomy and cold; raw; dank; (fig.) somber, glum

陰毒 jam1 duk6 = (person) vicious with a friendly exterior; insidious; sinister

陰聲細氣 jam1 seng1 sai3 hei3 = to speak softly and tenderly (or with a creepy voice)

策劃陰謀 caak3 waak6 jam1 mau4 ce4 hua4 yin1 mou2 = [v] cabal

陰平 jam1 ping4 yin1 ping2 = dark level tone; tone 1

陰上 jam1 soeng5 yin1 shang3 = dark rising tone, tone 2

陰去 jam1 heoi3 yin1 qu4 = dark departing tone, tone 3

陰入 jam1 jap6 yin1 ru4 = dark entering tone, tone 7(1) or 8(3)

政治陰謀 zing3 zi6 jam1 mau4 = a political frame-up, a political conspiracy (common formation)

陰蒂 jam1 dai3 = clitoris

會陰 wui6 jam1 = perineum

陰道口 jam1 dou6 hau2 yin1 dao4 kou3 = female external genitalia, vulva

陰部 jam1 bou6 = [n] privates, private parts, pudendum; pubes; genitals

陰德 jam1 dak1 = [n][adj] secret merit; merit acquired by ancestors for their offspring; conscience, conscientious

陰極 jam1 gik6 jin1 ji2 = cathode; negative pole, negative electrode

陰功鬼 jam1 gung1 gwai2 = [n] a wicked person

陰氣 jam1 hei3 yin1 qi4 = [n] the female or negative element of nature

陰險 jam1 him2 yin1 xian3 = [adj] blackness; cattiness; sinister, insidious, treacherous

陰陰沉沉 jam1 jam1 cam4 cam4 = [adj] not without worry, not carefree, not well lit

陰陰凍 jam1 jam1 dung3 = [adj] gloomy and cold; raw; dank; (fig.) somber, glum

陰陰笑 jam1 jam1 siu3 = [v] a secret laugh; laugh in one's beard; titter

陰陰嘴笑 jam1 jam1 zeoi2 siu3 = [v] to smirk; to stifle a smile

陰陰天 jam1 jam1 tin1 = [n] a cloudy sky

陰騭事 jam1 zat1 si6 = [n] self-accusing guilt

陰司紙 jam1 si1 zi2 = Hell bank notes 粵

陰晦 jam1 fui3 yin1 hui4 = [adj] overcast

陰涼 jam1 loeng4 yin1 liang2 = [adj] cool, shady

陰涼地方 jam1 loeng4 dei6 fong1 yin1 liang2 di4 fang5 = [n] a cool place (with respect to temperature)

陰涼處 jam1 loeng4 syu3 yin1 liang2 chu4 = [n] a cool place (with respect to temperature)

陰騭 jam1 zat1 yin1 zhi4 = perform good deeds while keeping people in the dark about it

光陰 gwong1 jam1 guang1 yin1 = time available

陰謀家 jam1 mau4 gaa1 yin1 mou2 jia1 = conspirator; schemer

陰陽先生 jam1 joeng4 sin1 saang1 yin1 yang2 xian1 sheng5 = geomancer (as a funeral advisor, lit., "Mister Yin-Yang")

陰道炎 jam1 dou6 jim4 = vaginitis (common formation)

陰陰地 jam1 jam1 dei6*2 = somewhat quietly

陰質 jam1 zat1 = very bad 粵

下陰 haa6 jam1 xia4 yin1 = the female genitals, the "lower yin"

冬陰公 dung1 jam1 gung1 = tong yum goong (type of Thai soup)

冇陰功 mou5 jam1 gung1 = cruel; pitiable 粵

陰霾 jam1 maai4 yin1 mai2 = haze

陰司 jam1 si1 = Hell; the Judges of Hell 粵

光陰似箭 gwong1 jam1 ci5 zin3 = time flies

光陰如箭 gwong1 jam1 jyu4 zin3 = time flies

淘陰溝 tou4 jam1 kau1 tao2 yin1 gou1 = clean out a drain

陰盛陽衰 jam1 sing6 joeng4 seoi1 yin1 sheng4 yang2 shuai1 = lots of women and few men

上陰入 soeng6 jam1 jap6 shang4 yin1 ru4 = high dark entering tone, tone 7(1)

下陰入 haa6 jam1 jap6 xia4 yin1 ru4 = low dark entering tone, tone 8(3)

陰謀論 jam1 mau4 leon6 yin1 mao2 lun4 = conspiracy theory

陰性 jam1 sing3 yin1 xing4 = female; female gender; female sex

陰陽相隔 jam1 joeng4 soeng1 gaak3 yin1 yang2 xiang1 ge2 = the worlds of the living and the dead are separated from each other; to be separated by death

天陰陰 tin1 jam1 jam1 tian1 yin1 yin1 = cloudy sky; overcast; dark and gloomy sky 粵

陰沉 jam1 cam4 yin1 chen2 = gloomy; glum

陰柔 jam1 jau4 yin1 rou2 = womanish; effeminate

陰陽人 jam1 joeng4 jan4 = hermaphrodite/bisexual person

陰核 jam1 wat6 yin1 he2 = clitoris

舔陰 tim2 jam1 = cunnilingus

陰戶 jam1 wu6 yin1 hu4 = vulva

陰毛 jam1 mou4 yin1 mao2 = pubic hair

陰道 jam1 dou6 yin1 dao4 = vagina

江陰 gong1 jam1 jiang1 yin1 = Jiangyin (city in Jiangsu)

漢陰 hon3 jam1 han4 yin1 = Hanyin (place in Shaanxi)

華陰 waa4 jam1 hua2 yin1 = Huayin (city in Shaanxi)

淮陰 waai4 jam1 huai2 yin1 = Huaiyin (city in Jiangsu)

淮陰地區 waai4 jam1 dei6 keoi1 huai2 yin1 di4 qu1 = Huaiyin district (district in Jiangsu)

平陰 ping4 jam1 ping2 yin1 = Pingyin (place in Shandong)

山陰 saan1 jam1 shan1 yin1 = Shanyin (place in Shanxi)

陰囊 jam1 nong4 yin1 nang2 = scrotum

陰陽家 jam1 joeng4 gaa1 yin1 yang2 jia1 = the yin-yang School; the School of Positive and Negative Forces (in the Period of the Warring States, 475-221 B.C.)

陰極射線 jam1 gik6 se6 sin3 yin1 ji2 she4 xian4 = [phys.] cathode ray (common formation)

陰陽怪氣 jam1 joeng4 gwaai3 hei3 yin1 yang2 guai4 qi4 = [1] mystifying , enigmatic [2] eccentric

陽奉陰違 joeng4 fung6 jam1 wai4 yang2 feng4 yin1 wei2 = outwardly comply but inwardly defy

陰陰痛 jam1 jam1 tung3 yin1 yin1 tong4 = dull pain; minor pain 粵

格雷的五十道陰影 gaak3 leoi4 dik1 ng5 sap6 dou6 jam1 jing2 = Fifty Shades of Grey

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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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