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
隐约
yǐnyuē
vague; faint; indistinct
Characters in this word
约 yuē
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 勺 spoon, ladle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 远处的山影在晨雾中隐约可见，给村庄添了几分神秘感。 Yuǎnchù de shānyǐng zài chénwù zhōng yǐnyuē kějiàn, gěi cūnzhuāng tiān le jǐ fēn shénmì gǎn. The silhouette of the distant mountains was faintly visible in the morning mist, adding a sense of mystery to the village.
- 他隐约听见隔壁有人在说话，便竖起了耳朵。 Tā yǐnyuē tīngjiàn gébì yǒurén zài shuōhuà, biàn shùqǐle ěrduo. He faintly heard someone talking next door and pricked up his ears.
- 我隐约记得小时候来过这个小镇。 Wǒ yǐnyuē jìde xiǎoshíhòu láiguò zhège xiǎozhèn. I vaguely remember coming to this small town as a child.
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
- 隐情 yǐnqíng hidden facts; inside story
- 隐形 yǐnxíng invisible; hidden
- 隐性 yǐnxìng recessive; implicit; hidden
- 大约 dàyuē about; approximately
- 节约 jiéyuē to save; to use sparingly
- 约 yuē to arrange to meet