àn

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暗 (àn) is a Chinese word meaning “dark; to turn dark; secret; hidden”.

Meanings

  1. 1dark
  2. 2to turn dark
  3. 3secret; hidden
  4. 4(literary) confused; ignorant
Part of speech
adjective

Related words

黑暗dark暗(literary) to close (a door)暗variant of 暗[an4]暗示to hint; to suggest暗杀to assassinate暗号secret signal; password; countersign阴暗dim暗中in the dark暗算to plot against暗语code word暗地里secretly; inwardly; on the sly暗礁submerged reef (rock)

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