杳 yǎo
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yǎo
adjective
obscure; dark; mysterious; deep
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '杳') -
yǎo
verb
to disappear
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Contained in
- 鱼沉雁杳(魚沉雁杳) the fish sinks, the goose vanishes into the distance; a letter does not arrive
- 杳茫 distant and out of sight
- 杳杳 deep and somber
- 杳渺 dimly discernible
- 杳如黄鹤(杳如黃鶴) to be gone forever ; to disappear without a trace
- 杳无人烟(杳無人煙) dark and uninhabited; remote and deserted; God-forsaken
- 杳然 quiet, silent, and lonely; far and indistinct; gone without a trace
- 音信杳然 without news
- 杳无音信(杳無音信) to have no news whatever
- 杳眇 dimly discernible
- 雁杳鱼沉(雁杳魚沈) without news from somebody
- 杳冥 dim and dusky; far and indistinct
- 杳霭(杳靄) far and deep
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五十 列傳第四十四 文學下 Volume 50: Men of Letters 2 Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 27
- 卷四十九 列傳第三十九 庾杲之 王諶 孔珪 劉懷珍 Volume 49 Biographies 39: Yu Gaozhi, Wang Chen, Kong Gui, Liu Huaizhen History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 26
- 卷一百四十 志第九十三 樂十五 Volume 140 Treatises 93: Music 15 History of Song 宋史 — count: 6
- 卷十二 Scroll 12 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷一 Scroll 1 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 4
- 卷三一 補列傳第二三 王昕 弟晞 Volume 31 Biographies 23: Wang Xin; Wang Xi Book of Northern Qi 北齊書 — count: 3
- 卷一百四十一 志第九十四 樂十六 Volume 141 Treatises 94: Music 16 History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
- 卷二十四 列傳第十二: 崔逞 王憲 封懿 Volume 24 Biographies 12: Cui Cheng, Wang Xian, Feng Yi History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 3
- 卷二十八 列傳第十六: 陸俟 源賀 劉尼 薛提 Volume 28 Biographies 16: Lu Si, Yuan He, Liu Ni, Xue Ti History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 3
Collocations
- 刘杳 (劉杳) 劉杳 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十 列傳第四十四 文學下 Volume 50: Men of Letters 2 — count: 10
- 杳曰 (杳曰) 杳曰 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十 列傳第四十四 文學下 Volume 50: Men of Letters 2 — count: 9
- 杳云 (杳雲) 杳云 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十 列傳第四十四 文學下 Volume 50: Men of Letters 2 — count: 5
- 弟杳 (弟杳) 與弟杳 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷四十七 列傳第四十一 孝行 Volume 47: Filial Acts — count: 5
- 访杳 (訪杳) 訪杳血脈所因 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十 列傳第四十四 文學下 Volume 50: Men of Letters 2 — count: 4
- 杳窱 (杳窱) 又杳窱而不見陽 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十上 班彪列傳 Volume 40a: Biography of Ban Biao 1 — count: 4
- 杳言 (杳言) 一如杳言 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十 列傳第四十四 文學下 Volume 50: Men of Letters 2 — count: 4
- 问杳 (問杳) 昉問杳 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十 列傳第四十四 文學下 Volume 50: Men of Letters 2 — count: 4
- 杳难 (杳難) 飆馭杳難追 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百四十 志第九十三 樂十五 Volume 140 Treatises 93: Music 15 — count: 4
- 杳邈 (杳邈) 雲馭杳邈 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百三十二 志第八十五 樂七 Volume 132 Treatises 85: Music 7 — count: 4