隱隱

隱隱

Chinese

		secret; hidden; concealed	secret; hidden; concealed
trad. (隱隱)		隱	隱
simp. (隐隐)		隐	隐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnyǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² jan²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnyǐn [Phonetic: yínyǐn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnyǐn
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-yin³
    • Yale: yǐn-yǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinyiin
    • Palladius: иньинь (inʹinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² jan²
    • Yale: yán yán
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² jan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² yen²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ jɐn³⁵/

Adjective

隱隱

1. (ideophonic) faint; indistinct; dull

   隱隱作痛／隐隐作痛  ―  yǐnyǐn zuòtòng  ―  to have a dull pain; to have an ache

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 隱隱

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) 隱約／隐约 (yǐnyuē)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
隱	隱

Root

隱隱 • (euneun) (hangeul 은은)

1. Hanja form^? of 은은 (“faint, indistinct”).