陰森

See also: 阴森

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	of trees, many
trad. (陰森)		陰	森
simp. (阴森)		阴	森

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnsēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄙㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-sim / im-serm / im-som

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnsēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄙㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinsen
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-sên¹
    • Yale: yīn-sēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: insen
    • Palladius: иньсэнь (inʹsɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ sən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ sam¹
    • Yale: yām sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-sim
    • Tâi-lô: im-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imsym
    • IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² sim⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ sim⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-serm
    • Tâi-lô: im-serm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ səm³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-som
    • Tâi-lô: im-som
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imsofm
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² sɔm⁴⁴/

Adjective

陰森

1. (of an environment, atmosphere, facial expression, etc.) gloomy; gruesome; ghastly
2. (literary, of trees) dense; wooded; luxuriant

Synonyms

• (dense): (literary) 森然 (sēnrán)

Derived terms

• 陰森森／阴森森
• 陰陰森森／阴阴森森

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
陰	森
いん Grade: S	しん Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いんしん [ìńshíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ĩɰ̃ɕĩɴ]

Adverb

陰(いん)森(しん) • (inshin) 

1. (literary) densely wooded (of a forest)
2. (literary) gloomy; quiet and lonely