暗戀

See also: 暗恋

Chinese

		secret; secretly	to be in love
trad. (暗戀)		暗	戀
simp. (暗恋)		暗	恋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànliàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ lyun²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànliàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànliàn
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-lien⁴
    • Yale: àn-lyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annliann
    • Palladius: аньлянь (anʹljanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ lyun²
    • Yale: am lyún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ lyn²
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ lün²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ lyːn³⁵/

Verb

暗戀

1. to be secretly in love with; to have a crush on

   他對那位漂亮的女孩暗戀已久。 [MSC, trad.]
   他对那位漂亮的女孩暗恋已久。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā duì nà wèi piàoliàng de nǚhái ànliàn yǐjiǔ. [Pinyin]

   He had long had a crush on the pretty young woman.