晦暗

Chinese

		dark; night; unlucky	dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret
simp. and trad. (晦暗)		晦	暗

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huì'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui³ am³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huì'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèi-àn
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-an⁴
    • Yale: hwèi-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueyann
    • Palladius: хуэйань (xuejanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui³ am³
    • Yale: fui am
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui³ am³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui³ em³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯³³ ɐm³³/

Adjective

晦暗

1. (literary) dark and gloomy; dull

   他的生活不再晦暗，他的生活充滿陽光。 [MSC, trad.]
   他的生活不再晦暗，他的生活充满阳光。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā de shēnghuó bùzài huì'àn, tā de shēnghuó chōngmǎn yángguāng. [Pinyin]

   His life is no longer dull. His life is full of sunshine.

Synonyms

• 冥冥 (míngmíng) (literary)
• 慘／惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 慘白／惨白 (cǎnbái)
• 昏暗 (hūn'àn)
• 昏沉 (hūnchén)
• 昏黑 (hūnhēi)
• 晦冥 (huìmíng) (literary, used both literally and figuratively)
• 暗淡 (àndàn) (used both literally and figuratively)
• 烏暗／乌暗 (Hokkien, Teochew)
• 陰幽／阴幽 (yīnyōu) (literary)
• 黑暗 (hēi'àn)

 

Antonyms

• 璀璨 (cuǐcàn)
• 明亮 (míngliàng)