Chinese symbol for “dim”
阴暗
yīn àn
Traditional: 陰暗
dim; dark; overcast; darkness
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dim is 阴暗 (yīn àn), defined as: dim; dark; overcast; darkness; shadow; (fig.) dismal.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “dim”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黯然 | àn rán | dim; sad |
| 暧 (曖) | ài | (of daylight) dim; obscure |
| 暗黑 | àn hēi | dark; dim |
| 昏花 | hūn huā | dim (eyesight); blurred (vision) |
| 暗淡 | àn dàn | dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阴暗.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阴谋 (陰謀) | yīn móu | to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot |
| 阴影 (陰影) | yīn yǐng | (lit. and fig.) shadow; measure word: 道 (dào) |
| 阴道 (陰道) | yīn dào | vagina |
| 阴茎 (陰莖) | yīn jīng | penis |
| 阴阳 (陰陽) | yīn yáng | yin and yang |
| 黑暗 | hēi àn | dark; darkly |
| 暗示 | àn shì | to hint; to suggest; hint; suggestion |
| 暗杀 (暗殺) | àn shā | to assassinate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dim”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.