粵

陰jam1暗am3

simp阴暗
jam1 am3yīn àn

English

  1. dim
  2. dark; gloomy; usually used to describe abstract things
  3. dark
  4. overcast
  5. darkness
  6. shadow
  7. (fig.) dismal
  8. gloomy
  9. somber
  10. murky
  11. shadowy (side)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 黑暗;昏暗;好多時用嚟形容抽象嘅嘢

Examples

  • 政治嘅陰暗面

    the dark side of politics

  • 今日個天好陰暗。

    The sky is very dark and gloomy today.

  • 一種陰暗嘅氣氛包圍住個劇團,好似卡魯塔嘅會議變成咗一個一百故事嘅會議,所有人都沉默咗。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 前途一片阴暗。

    The future looked very gloomy.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 不要只盯着阴暗面。

    Don't only look at the dark side.

    Tatoeba · vicch CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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