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): ㄧㄣㄍㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jam¹ kau¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-kau
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in-keu₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīngōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣㄍㄡ
  - 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-keu₁
  - MiniDict: in^平 keu^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-keu₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ kɤ²¹/

Noun

陰溝

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