Chinese Word Entry
陰間Simplified Chinese form: 阴间
| Mandarin (Zhuyin): | ㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄢ |
| Mandarin (Pinyin): | yīn jiān |
| Cantonese (Jyutping): | jam1 gaan1 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 陰 | shade, yin, negative, sex organs, secret, shadow, the passive, female principle in Chinese philosophy (yin), dark |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄧㄣ (yīn), ㄧㄣˋ (yìn), ㄢ (ān) |
| Cantonese: | jam1 |
| Japanese: | イン (in)、 オン (on)、 アン (an) / かげ (kage)、 かげ.る (kageru)、 くらい (kurai) |
| Korean: | 음 (eum) |
| Vietnamese: | âm |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 阴 |
| Semantic variant form: | 隂 |
| 間 | interval, space, place, between |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄐㄧㄢ (jiān), ㄐㄧㄢˋ (jiàn), ㄐㄧㄢˇ (jiǎn) |
| Cantonese: | gaan1 |
| Japanese: | カン (kan)、 ケン (ken) / あいだ (aida)、 ま (ma)、 あい (ai)、 しずか (shizuka) |
| Korean: | 간 (gan) |
| Vietnamese: | gian |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 间 |
| Semantic variant form: | 閒 |