晦澀

See also: 晦涩

Chinese

		dark; night; unlucky	grating (of surfaces); tart; acerbic
trad. (晦澀)		晦	澀
simp. (晦涩)		晦	涩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìsè

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui³ sap¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòe-siap

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìsè
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèisè
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-sê⁴
    • Yale: hwèi-sè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueyseh
    • Palladius: хуэйсэ (xuejsɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui³ sap¹
    • Yale: fui sāp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui³ sap⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui³ seb¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯³³ sɐp̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòe-siap
    • Tâi-lô: huè-siap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoeasiab
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hue²¹⁻⁵³ siap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siap̚⁵/

Adjective

晦澀

1. (of literary writing, music, etc.) hard to understand; obscure; pedantic; inkhorn; abstruse

Synonyms

• 艱澀／艰涩 (jiānsè)