Chinese symbol for “shadow”
阴影
yīn yǐng
Traditional: 陰影
(lit. and fig.) shadow; measure word: 道 (dào)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shadow is 阴影 (yīn yǐng), defined as: (lit. and fig.) shadow; measure word: 道 (dào).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “shadow”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 影子 | yǐng zi | shadow; reflection |
| 黑影 | hēi yǐng | shadow; darkness |
| 暗影 | àn yǐng | shadow; umbra |
| 影儿 (影兒) | yǐng r | shadow |
| 影 | yǐng | picture; image |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 阴影.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阴谋 (陰謀) | yīn móu | to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot |
| 阴道 (陰道) | yīn dào | vagina |
| 阴茎 (陰莖) | yīn jīng | penis |
| 阴阳 (陰陽) | yīn yáng | yin and yang |
| 阴暗 (陰暗) | yīn àn | dim; dark |
| 影响 (影響) | yǐng xiǎng | influence; effect |
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
| 影片 | yǐng piàn | a copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie |
See also: Japanese symbol for “shadow”.
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.