阴 (陰) yīn
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yīn
adjective
cloudy; overcast
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Nature , Concept: Weather 天气
Notes: (XHZD '阴' 2, p. 895) -
yīn
noun
Yin
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Culture
Notes: The negative principle of 阴阳 Yin and Yang (XHZD '阴' 3, p. 895) -
yīn
noun
negative
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Physics
Notes: (Guoyu '陰' adj 4; XHZD '阴' 3, p. 895) -
yīn
noun
female principle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '陰' n 7; Kroll 2015 '陰' 4, p. 554; Unihan '陰') -
yīn
noun
northside of a hill; the southside of a river
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '陰' n 1; Kroll 2015 '陰' 2, p. 554) -
yīn
adjective
shady
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '陰' 1, p. 554; XHZD '阴' 4, p. 895) -
yīn
noun
reproductive organ; genitals
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Biology
Notes: (Guoyu '陰' n 6; Kroll 2015 '陰' 6, p. 554; XHZD '阴' 7, p. 895) -
yīn
noun
the backside
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 后面 (Guoyu '陰' n 3; XHZD '阴' 5, p. 895) -
yīn
noun
a dark place; darkness
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '陰' n 2; Kroll 2015 '陰' 1a, p. 554) -
yīn
proper noun
Yin
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names
Notes: (Guoyu '陰' n 8) -
yīn
noun
the moon
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 月亮 (Guoyu '陰' n 5) -
yīn
noun
a shadow
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 日影 (Guoyu '陰' n 4; Kroll 2015 '陰' 1, p. 554) -
yīn
adjective
feminine
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '陰' adj 5) -
yīn
adjective
sinister; insidious
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 险诈 (Guoyu '陰' adj 3; XHZD '阴' 6, p. 895) -
yīn
adjective
supernatural
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Relating to ghosts or demons (Guoyu '陰' adj 6) -
yīn
adjective
secretly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '陰' adv; Kroll 2015 '陰' 5, p. 554) -
yīn
adjective
dark
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 黑暗 (Guoyu '陰' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '陰' 1a, p. 554; Unihan '陰'; XHZD '阴' 1, p. 895) -
yīn
adjective
secret
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 祕密的 (Guoyu '陰' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '陰' 5, p. 554; Unihan '陰') -
yìn
verb
to cover; to hide from view; to obstruct
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 遮蔽 (Guoyu '陰' yìn v 1; Kroll 2015 '陰' yìn 2, p. 554) -
yìn
verb
to bury
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 埋藏 (Guoyu '陰' yìn v 2) -
yīn
adjective
cold
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '陰' 3, p. 554) -
yīn
verb
to weaken; to decline
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '陰' 3a, p. 554) -
yīn
noun
broken lines in a hexagram
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '陰' 4a, p. 554) -
yīn
verb
to suggest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '陰' 5a, p. 554) -
yìn
verb
to protect; to shelter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '陰' yìn 1, p. 554)
Contained in
- 阴骘(陰騭) charitable acts performed in secret; hidden good deeds
- 阴阳五行(陰陽五行) yin yang and the five elements
- 阴险(陰險) treacherous; sinister
- 交叉阴影线(交叉陰影線) hatched lines; cross-hatched graphic pattern
- 革兰氏阴性(革蘭氏陰性) Gram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)
- 会阴(會陰) perineum
- 沉阴(沉陰) dark weather; a long spell of rainy weather
- 阴谋作乱(陰謀作亂) to plot a revolt
- 煽阴风(煽陰風) to raise an ill wind
- 阴云(陰雲) dark cloud
- 阴暗面(陰暗面) the dark side (of society etc)
- 阳奉阴违(陽奉陰違) superficial respect but inward disobedience; lip service
- 阴道炎(陰道炎) vaginal infection; colpitis
- 缩阴(縮陰) to make the vagina tighter
- 阴毛(陰毛) pubic hair
- 阴蒂(陰蒂) clitoris
- 阴线(陰線) to incise; to engrave
- 阴性(陰性) a female; the female sex
- 阴阳(陰陽) Yin and Yang ; the study of celestial bodies ; the occult arts ; positive and negative
- 阴道(陰道) vagina
- 阴错阳差(陰錯陽差) due to an unexpected turn of events
- 阴曹地府(陰曹地府) netherworld; Kingdom of the Underworld
- 阴阜(陰阜) mons veneris
- 阴刻(陰刻) to incise
- 外阴(外陰) vulva
- 阴屁(陰屁) queef
- 阴面(陰面) shady side; dark side
- 阴谋颠覆政府罪(陰謀顛覆政府罪) the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government
- 阴鸷(陰鷙) malicious; treacherous
- 舔阴(舔陰) cunnilingus
- 露阴癖(露陰癖) indecent exposure; flashing
- 寸阴(寸陰) a very brief period of time ( the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
- 阴极射线(陰極射線) to discharge from a negative node
- 惜寸阴(惜寸陰) to cherish every moment; to make good use of one's time
- 阴笑(陰笑) to laugh evilly
- 阴凉(陰涼) shady
- 阴道口(陰道口) female external genitalia; vulva
- 一寸光阴一寸金(一寸光陰一寸金) An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold.; free time is to be treasured
- 阴阳合同(陰陽合同) a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table yin contract
- 阴天(陰天) cloudy day; overcast sky
- 阴魂(陰魂) ghost; spirit
- 阴精(陰精) sex fluids
- 阴囊(陰囊) scrotum
- 观落阴(觀落陰) a ritual whereby the living soul is brought to the nether world for a spiritual journey
Also contained in
平阴 、 阴性名词 、 汉阴县 、 阴平 、 华阴 、 阴山 、 湘阴
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷五十二 志第五 天文五 Volume 52 Treatises 5: Astronomy 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 62
- 卷十二 陰陽終始第四十八 陰陽義第四十九 陰陽出入上下第五十 天道無二第五十一 暖燠常多第五十二 基義第五十三 第五十四 Scroll 12 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 56
- Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 51
- 卷二十一 趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 48
- 卷五 中山經 Chapter 5: Classic of the Mountains - Central Classic of Mountains and Seas 山海經 — count: 45
- 卷十一 為人者天第四十一 五行之義第四十二 陽尊陰卑第四十三 王道通三第四十四 天容第四十五 天辨在人第四十六 陰陽位第四十七 Scroll 11 Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露 — count: 42
- 卷六十八 志第二十一 律曆一 Volume 68 Treatises 21: Measures and Calendar 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 37
- 卷二十九 志第十九 五行下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Five Elements Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 36
- 《扁鵲倉公列傳》 Biographies of Bian Que and the Duke of Cang Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 31
- 卷十上 皇后紀 Volume 10a: Annals of Empresses 1 Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 29
Collocations
- 阴雨 (陰雨) 陰雨膏之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧曹‧下泉 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Bu Quan — count: 6
- 阴生 (陰生) 陰生金與甲 — Guanzi 管子, 四時第四十 Chapter 40: The Four Seasons — count: 4
- 龟阴 (龜陰) 龜陰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 4
- 谓阴 (謂陰) 使謂陰地之命大夫士蔑曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 3
- 阴王 (陰王) 陰王之國有三 — Guanzi 管子, 輕重甲第八十 Chapter 80: Weight I — count: 3
- 阴里 (陰裡) 王使陰里逆之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
- 阴礼教 (陰禮教) 以陰禮教六宮 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 3
- 阴地 (陰地) 遂自陰地 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
- 阴事 (陰事) 陰事不得 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《昏義》 The Meaning of the Marriage Ceremony — count: 3
- 阴厌 (陰厭) 有陰厭 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 3