隱約

See also: 隐约

Chinese

		secret; hidden; concealed	appointment; agreement; to arrange appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
trad. (隱約)		隱	約
simp. (隐约)		隐	约

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐnyuē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² joek³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ún-iok / ín-iak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnyuē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnyue
    • Wade–Giles: yin³-yüeh¹
    • Yale: yǐn-ywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiniue
    • Palladius: иньюэ (inʹjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan² joek³
    • Yale: yán yeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan² joek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen² yêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ jœːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ún-iok
    • Tâi-lô: ún-iok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: wn'iog
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /un⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /un⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín-iak
    • Tâi-lô: ín-iak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: yn'iag
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iak̚³²/

Adjective

隱約

1. faint; vague; indistinct
2. (literary, of language style) implicit and concise; subtle

   • 夫《詩》《書》隱約者，欲遂其志之思也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     夫《诗》《书》隐约者，欲遂其志之思也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Fú “Shī” “Shū” yǐnyuē zhě, yù suì qí zhì zhī sī yě. [Pinyin]

     Of passages in the Shijing and the Shangshu, the subtle ones were so, because their authors wished to fully express the innermost thoughts in their minds.

Synonyms

• (faint):

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• 不清 (bùqīng)
• 低迷 (dīmí)
• 依稀 (yīxī)
• 含混 (hánhùn)
• 含糊
• 微茫 (wēimáng) (formal)
• 恍惚 (huǎnghū)
• 朦朧 / 朦胧 (ménglóng)
• 模稜 / 模棱 (móléng)
• 模糊
• 淡漠 (dànmò)
• 約略 / 约略 (yuēlüè)
• 迷離 / 迷离 (mílí) (literary)
• 隱隱 / 隐隐 (yǐnyǐn)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “faint”): 清晰 (qīngxī)

Derived terms

• 隱約其辭 / 隐约其辞
• 隱隱約約 / 隐隐约约 (yǐnyǐnyuēyuē)