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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
yīn - surname Yin
yīn - overcast (weather)
- cloudy
- shady
- Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
- negative (electric.)
- feminine
- moon
- implicit
- hidden
- genitalia
yīn - variant of 陰|阴[yin1]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
2 2 5,247 2,871 1,979

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

The place 阝 of the moon 月; compare 阳

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
阴谋 6 6 3,445 6,570 10,806
阴影 - 6 4,330 6,850 5,727
2 2 5,247 2,871 1,979
阴道 - - 5,649 9,686 18,879
阴茎 - - 6,183 16,779 28,522
阴暗 - 7 8,248 16,797 10,090
阴性 - 7 8,739 8,114 32,952
阴险 - - 10,827 22,720 15,561
阴郁 - - 15,314 37,560 23,656
光阴 - - 16,055 19,359 8,835
阴沉 - - 16,165 20,446 22,290
阴间 - - 16,818 43,385 37,053
阴部 - - 17,091 34,436 35,411
阴沟 - - 18,170 38,141 36,905
阴阳 - - 18,884 10,933 13,896
阴暗面 - - 19,738 50,637 29,203
阴谋家 - - 20,095 52,513 58,465
阴魂 - - 21,106 62,617 77,548
阴霾 - - 21,108 17,830 8,979
阴蒂 - - 21,112 50,105 57,003
阴囊 - - 21,216 34,825 58,455
阴森 - - 22,898 33,652 28,302
阴虱 - - 24,679 - -
阴冷 - - 25,549 22,129 12,967
阴户 - - 26,078 - -
阴云 - - 30,167 34,812 29,794
阴柔 - - 32,011 43,440 41,064
阴凉 - - 32,020 34,737 21,574
阴天 - 2 34,220 15,525 7,491
阴沉沉 - - 34,289 49,297 27,782
阴雨 - - 35,779 16,118 12,443
阴历 - - 38,559 37,865 19,058
阴阳怪气 - - 38,785 59,071 44,379
阴差阳错 - - 43,329 39,336 24,371
树阴 - - 44,767 66,828 85,141
阴极 - - 45,522 26,736 63,302
会阴 - - 45,557 40,031 58,883
阴险毒辣 - - 53,645 - -
阴湿 - - 53,774 70,256 44,725
阴功 - - 53,942 49,533 20,066
阴风 - - 55,048 45,512 37,952
阴毛 - - 55,421 64,933 47,868
阴曹 - - 61,143 - -
阳奉阴违 - - 65,275 56,514 54,754
连阴雨 - - 66,730 76,238 69,821
阴毒 - - 76,906 60,317 54,549
阴山 - - 77,263 55,344 69,705
阴德 - - 77,270 86,350 48,363
阴离子 - - 95,121 42,704 -