陰騭

Chinese

	(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine (of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady	determine; promote; stallion
trad. (陰騭)	陰	騭
simp. (阴骘)	阴	骘
alternative forms	陰質／阴质 Cantonese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīnzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ zat¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-chit / im-chek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīnzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yinjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: yin¹-chih⁴
  - Yale: yīn-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: injyh
  - Palladius: иньчжи (inʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jam¹ zat¹
  - Yale: yām jāt
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jam¹ dzat⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: yem¹ zed¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-chit
  - Tâi-lô: im-tsit
  - Phofsit Daibuun: imcid
  - IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚³²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-chek
  - Tâi-lô: im-tsik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: imzeg
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪk̚³²/

Middle Chinese: 'im tsyit

Rime
Character	陰	騭
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	質 (48)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於金切	之日切
Baxter	'im	tsyit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔˠiɪm/	/t͡ɕiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔᵚim/	/t͡ɕit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiem/	/t͡ɕjet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔjim/	/cit̚/
Li Rong	/ʔjəm/	/t͡ɕiĕt̚/
Wang Li	/ĭĕm/	/t͡ɕĭĕt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯əm/	/t͡ɕi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yīn	zhi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jam¹	zat¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*qrɯm tjiɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	陰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yīn
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔim ›
Old Chinese	/*q(r)um/
English	dark
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	陰	騭
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	6623	17387
Phonetic component	今	陟
Rime group	侵	質
Rime subdivision	1	2
Corresponding MC rime	音	質
Old Chinese	/*qrɯm/	/*tjiɡ/
Notes		讀若郅，與特同源

Noun

陰騭

good deed done in secret; hidden merit
- 有眇嫗抱三歲女來，弊陋亦甚。老人指曰：“此君之妻也。”固怒曰：“殺之可乎？”老人曰：“此人命當食大祿，因子而食邑，庸可殺乎？” […] 後生男鯤，為雁門太守，封太原郡太夫人。乃知陰騭之定，不可變也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  有眇妪抱三岁女来，弊陋亦甚。老人指曰：“此君之妻也。”固怒曰：“杀之可乎？”老人曰：“此人命当食大禄，因子而食邑，庸可杀乎？” […] 后生男鲲，为雁门太守，封太原郡太夫人。乃知阴骘之定，不可变也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 840,《續玄怪錄•定婚店》
  Yǒu miǎo yù bào sān suì nǚ lái, bìlòu yì shèn. Lǎorén zhǐ yuē: “Cǐ jūn zhī qī yě.” Gù nù yuē: “Shā zhī kě hū?” Lǎorén yuē: “Cǐ rén mìng dāng shí dà lù, yīn zǐ ér shíyì, yōng kě shā hū?” […] hòu shēng nán Kūn, wéi Yànmén tàishǒu, fēng Tàiyuán jùn tàifūrén. Nǎi zhī yīnzhì zhī dìng, bùkě biàn yě. [Pinyin]
  A blind old woman was carrying her three-year-old daughter, both looking fairly shabby and ugly. The old man pointed at the girl and said, "She'll be your future wife.” The man hearing this was furious and asked, "Can I kill her?” The old man replied, “She is destined to enjoy great wealth and noble status owing to you. How could you kill her then?” [...] Later, the girl grew up and gave birth to a son named Kun, who eventually became the Governor of Yanmen and granted his mother the title of Grand Madam of Taiyuan Prefecture. Only then did people realize that the hidden virtues and karmic rewards predestined by fate could not be changed.

Synonyms

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陰功 / 阴功 (yīngōng)
陰德 / 阴德 (yīndé)

Verb

陰騭

to stabilize quietly

Derived terms

Adjective

陰騭

(Cantonese) malicious; malevolent