隐 yǐn
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 急 anxious, worried
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
隐情
yǐnqíng
hidden facts; inside story
Characters in this word
情 qíng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 忄 — heart
- Made of
- 忄 heart 青 blue, green
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 表面上是普通纠纷，背后却另有隐情。 Biǎomiàn shàng shì pǔtōng jiūfēn, bèihòu què lìng yǒu yǐnqíng. On the surface it was an ordinary dispute, but there were hidden facts behind it.
- 记者经过深入调查，终于弄清了事件背后的隐情。 Jìzhě jīngguò shēnrù diàochá, zhōngyú nòngqīng le shìjiàn bèihòu de yǐnqíng. After an in-depth investigation, the reporter finally uncovered the hidden facts behind the case.
- 她欲言又止，好像有什么隐情。 Tā yùyán yòuzhǐ, hǎoxiàng yǒu shénme yǐnqíng. She hesitated as if about to speak, as if there were something she was hiding.
Related words
- 隐藏 yǐncáng to hide, to conceal
- 隐私 yǐnsī privacy
- 隐蔽 yǐnbì hidden; concealed
- 隐含 yǐnhán to imply; to contain implicitly
- 隐患 yǐnhuàn hidden danger; potential risk
- 隐瞒 yǐnmán to conceal; to hide
- 隐形 yǐnxíng invisible; hidden
- 隐性 yǐnxìng recessive; implicit; hidden
- 隐约 yǐnyuē vague; faint; indistinct
- 爱情 àiqíng love
- 热情 rèqíng warm and friendly
- 事情 shìqing matter; thing