陰賊

Chinese

		(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	thief
trad. (陰賊)		陰	賊
simp. (阴贼)		阴	贼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīnzé

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄗㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīnzé
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄗㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yinzé
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-tsê²
    • Yale: yīn-dzé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: intzer
    • Palladius: иньцзэ (inʹczɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ t͡sɤ³⁵/

Adjective

陰賊

1. (literary) treacherous and vicious

   陰賊險狠／阴贼险狠 [Classical Chinese]  ―  yīnzéi xiǎnhěn [Pinyin]  ―  crafty and malicious

   • 獄卒告受罪畢，王曰：「此人陰賊，不合得作男身，宜令作女人。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     狱卒告受罪毕，王曰：「此人阴贼，不合得作男身，宜令作女人。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 牛僧孺《玄怪錄》, 杜子春 [1]

     Yùzú gào shòuzuì bì, wáng yuē: “Cǐ rén yīnzéi, bù hédé zuò nánshēn, yí lìng zuò nǚrén.” [Pinyin]

     The jailer reported that the criminal's punishment had finished. The king says: "This person is too treacherous. He cannot be in a man's body; it would be better if he was in a woman's body."

Noun

陰賊

1. (～卦) A combination 二中四下 in the Lingqijing.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (陰賊):

• → Korean: 음적(陰賊) (eumjeok)