晦暗

Chinese

		dark; night; unlucky	dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret
simp. and trad. (晦暗)		晦	暗

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huì'àn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fui³ am³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huì'àn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèi-àn
  - Wade–Giles: hui⁴-an⁴
  - Yale: hwèi-àn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueyann
  - Palladius: хуэйань (xuejanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ˀän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fui³ am³
  - Yale: fui am
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fui³ am³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fui³ em³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯³³ ɐm³³/

Adjective

晦暗

(literary) dark and gloomy; dull
他的生活不再晦暗，他的生活充滿陽光。 [MSC, trad.]
他的生活不再晦暗，他的生活充满阳光。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā de shēnghuó bùzài huì'àn, tā de shēnghuó chōngmǎn yángguāng. [Pinyin]
His life is no longer dull. His life is full of sunshine.

Synonyms

冥冥 (míngmíng) (literary)
慘 / 惨 (cǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
慘淡 / 惨淡 (cǎndàn)
慘白 / 惨白 (cǎnbái)
昏暗 (hūn'àn)
昏沉 (hūnchén)
昏黑 (hūnhēi)
晦冥 (huìmíng) (literary, used both literally and figuratively)
暗淡 (àndàn) (used both literally and figuratively)
烏暗 / 乌暗 (Hokkien, Teochew)
陰幽 / 阴幽 (yīnyōu) (literary)
黑暗 (hēi'àn)

Antonyms

璀璨 (cuǐcàn)
明亮 (míngliàng)