隱隱

Chinese

		secret; hidden; concealed	secret; hidden; concealed
trad. (隱隱)		隱	隱
simp. (隐隐)		隐	隐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐnyǐn

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄣˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jan² jan²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐnyǐn [Phonetic: yínyǐn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐnyǐn
  - Wade–Giles: yin³-yin³
  - Yale: yǐn-yǐn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiinyiin
  - Palladius: иньинь (inʹinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴⁻³⁵ in²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jan² jan²
  - Yale: yán yán
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jan² jan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yen² yen²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn³⁵ jɐn³⁵/

Adjective

隱隱

(ideophonic) faint; indistinct; dull
隱隱作痛／隐隐作痛 ― yǐnyǐn zuòtòng ― to have a dull pain; to have an ache

Synonyms

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)
隱約 / 隐约 (yǐnyuē)

Korean

Hanja in this term
隱	隱

Root

隱隱 • (euneun) (hangeul 은은)

hanja form^? of 은은 (“faint, indistinct”)