隱約

隱約

See also: 隐约

Chinese

		secret; hidden; concealed	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (隱約)		隱	約
simp. (隐约)		隐	约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² joek³
• Min Nan (POJ): ún-iok / ín-iak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnyue
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-yüeh¹
    • Yale: yǐn-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiniue
    • Palladius: иньюэ (inʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² joek³
    • Yale: yán yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ jœːk̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún-iok
    • Tâi-lô: ún-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: wn'iog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-iak
    • Tâi-lô: ín-iak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: yn'iag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iak̚³²/

Adjective

隱約

1. faint; vague; indistinct
2. (literary, of language style) implicit and concise; subtle

   • 夫《詩》《書》隱約者，欲遂其志之思也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫《诗》《书》隐约者，欲遂其志之思也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Fú “Shī” “Shū” yǐnyuē zhě, yù suì qí zhì zhī sī yě. [Pinyin]

     Of passages in the Shijing and the Shangshu, the subtle ones were so, because their authors wished to fully express the innermost thoughts in their minds.

Synonyms

• (faint):

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Synonyms of 隱約

不清 (bùqīng) 低迷 (dīmí) 依稀 (yīxī) 含混 (hánhùn) 含糊 (hánhu) 微茫 (wēimáng) (formal) 恍惚 (huǎnghū)

模糊 (móhu) 淡漠 (dànmò) 朦朧／朦胧 (ménglóng) 模稜／模棱 (móléng) 約略／约略 (yuēlüè) 迷離／迷离 (mílí) (literary) 隱隱／隐隐 (yǐnyǐn)

Antonyms

• (faint): 清晰 (qīngxī)

Derived terms

隱約其辭／隐约其辞

隱隱約約／隐隐约约 (yǐnyǐnyuēyuē)