陰溝

See also: 阴沟

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	ditch; gutter
trad. (陰溝)		陰	溝
simp. (阴沟)		阴	沟

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīngōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄍㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ kau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-kau
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in-keu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīngōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄍㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yingou
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-kou¹
    • Yale: yīn-gōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingou
    • Palladius: иньгоу (inʹgou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ koʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jam¹ kau¹
    • Yale: yām kāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ kau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ keo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ kʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-kau
    • Tâi-lô: im-kau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: imkaw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /im⁴⁴⁻²² kau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /im³³ kau³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹in-keu
    • MiniDict: in^平 keu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-keu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ kɤ²¹/

Noun

陰溝

1. sewer; covered drain

Synonyms

• 暗溝／暗沟 (àngōu)
• (Hokkien) 涵空, 涵溝／涵沟, 陰空／阴空

Derived terms

• 陰溝裡翻船／阴沟里翻船