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隱約
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See also: 隐约
Chinese
Pronunciation
- 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): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan2 joek3
- Yale: yán yeuk
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan2 joek8
- Guangdong Romanization: yen2 yêg3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn³⁵ jœːk̚³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (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/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
Adjective
隱約
- faint; vague; indistinct
- (literary, of language style) implicit and concise; subtle
- 夫《詩》《書》隱約者,欲遂其志之思也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- 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.
夫《诗》《书》隐约者,欲遂其志之思也。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Synonyms
- (faint):
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “faint”): 清晰 (qīngxī)
Derived terms
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