暗話

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (暗話)		暗	話
simp. (暗话)		暗	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ànhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ waa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ànhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ànhuà
    • Wade–Giles: an⁴-hua⁴
    • Yale: àn-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annhuah
    • Palladius: аньхуа (anʹxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: am³ waa⁶
    • Yale: am wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: am³ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: em³ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ waː²²/

Noun

暗話

1. codeword
2. comments made behind someone's back; insinuation