阴
阴
yīn
overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
HSK 26 strokes
Traditional: 陰
Character Breakdown
阴 = 阝 + 月
A hill blocking the moon — cloudy, overcast
Radical: 阝 (no. 170)Strokes: 6Traditional: 陰
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- overcast (weather)
- cloudy
- shady
- Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
- negative (electric.)
- feminine
- moon
- implicit
- hidden
- genitalia
Example Sentences
今天天气很阴。
Jīntiān tiānqì hěn yīn
Today the weather is cloudy
Words Containing 阴
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 光阴 | guāng yīn | time available | |
| 外阴 | wài yīn | vulva | |
| 太阴 | tài yīn | the Moon (esp. in Daoism) | |
| 女阴 | nǚ yīn | vulva | |
| 寸阴 | cùn yīn | a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch) | |
| 山阴 | Shān yīn | Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州[Shuo4 zhou1], Shanxi | |
| 平阴 | Píng yīn | Pingyin county in Ji'nan 濟南|济南[Ji3 nan2], Shandong | |
| 会阴 | huì yīn | perineum | |
| 卡到阴 | kǎ dào yīn | (Tw) to be possessed | |
| 山阴县 | Shān yīn xiàn | Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州[Shuo4 zhou1], Shanxi |
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