暗中
ànzhōng
secretly; in the dark
Characters in this word
中 zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 调查组暗中走访了多名员工，以免公司提前销毁证据。 Diàocházǔ ànzhōng zǒufǎng le duō míng yuángōng, yǐmiǎn gōngsī tíqián xiāohuǐ zhèngjù. The investigation team secretly visited several employees to prevent the company from destroying evidence in advance.
- 他暗中观察了几天，才发现原来是邻居的猫在偷鱼。 Tā ànzhōng guānchá le jǐ tiān, cái fāxiàn yuánlái shì línjū de māo zài tōu yú. He watched in secret for a few days before discovering that the neighbour's cat was stealing the fish.
- 夜里停电了，他在暗中摸了半天才找到手电筒。 Yèlǐ tíngdiàn le, tā zài ànzhōng mō le bàntiān cái zhǎodào shǒudiàntǒng. The power went out at night, and he groped around in the dark for ages before finding the torch.
Related words
- 暗 àn dark; dim
- 暗示 ànshì to hint
- 黑暗 hēi'àn darkness
- 暗地里 àndìlǐ secretly; in private
- 阴暗 yīn'àn dark; gloomy
- 中 zhōng middle, center; in, during
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 中间 zhōngjiān middle; between, among
- 中文 Zhōngwén Chinese (language)
- 中午 zhōngwǔ noon, midday
- 中学 zhōngxué middle school
- 中学生 zhōngxuéshēng middle school student