陰幽

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	quiet; secluded
trad. (陰幽)		陰	幽
simp. (阴幽)		阴	幽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnyōu

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄧㄡ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnyōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄧㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinyou
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-yu¹
  - Yale: yīn-yōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iniou
  - Palladius: инью (inʹju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ joʊ̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    陰幽 / 阴幽
    殷憂

Adjective

陰幽

(literary) dim; gloomy

Synonyms

冥冥 (míngmíng) (literary)
慘 / 惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
慘淡 / 惨淡 (cǎndàn)
慘白 / 惨白 (cǎnbái)
昏暗 (hūn'àn)
昏沉 (hūnchén)
昏黑 (hūnhēi)
晦冥 (huìmíng) (literary, used both literally and figuratively)
晦暗 (huì'àn) (literary)
暗淡 (àndàn) (used both literally and figuratively)
烏暗 / 乌暗 (Hokkien, Teochew)
瞀 (obsolete or Eastern Min)
黑暗 (hēi'àn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陰幽):

→ Vietnamese: âm u (陰幽)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
陰	幽

Adjective

陰幽

chữ Hán form of âm u (“dim; gloomy”)