Chinese symbol for “faintly”
隐然
yǐn rán
Traditional: 隱然
faintly; indistinctly
The closest CC-CEDICT match for faintly is 隐然 (yǐn rán), defined as: faintly; indistinctly.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “faintly”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 隐然.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隐藏 (隱藏) | yǐn cáng | to hide; to conceal |
| 隐私 (隱私) | yǐn sī | secrets; private business |
| 隐瞒 (隱瞞) | yǐn mán | to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject) |
| 隐形 (隱形) | yǐn xíng | invisible |
| 隐患 (隱患) | yǐn huàn | a danger concealed within sth; hidden damage |
| 隐蔽 (隱蔽) | yǐn bì | to conceal; to hide |
| 虽然 (雖然) | suī rán | although; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc) |
| 然后 (然後) | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
See also: Japanese symbol for “faintly”.
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.