暗 ⇒
黑暗 hēiàn, dark/darkly/darkness
暗 àn, [晻]/[闇], variant of 暗[àn], dark/gloomy/hidden/secret/muddled/obscure/in the dark, to clos...
暗示 ànshì, to hint/to suggest/suggestion/hint
暗杀 ànshā, [暗殺], to assassinate
暗号 ànhào, [暗號], secret signal (sign)/countersign/password
阴暗 yīnàn, [陰暗], dim/dark/overcast/darkness/shadow/(fig.) dismal/gloomy/somber/murky/shadowy (sid...
暗中 ànzhōng, in the dark/in secret/on the sly/surreptitiously
暗算 ànsuàn, to plot against
暗语 ànyǔ, [暗語], code word
暗地里 àndìli, [暗地裡], secretly/inwardly/on the sly
暗礁 ànjiāo, submerged reef (rock)
暗处 ànchù, [暗處], secret place
暗影 ànyǐng, shadow/umbra
暗黑 灰暗 huīàn, dull gray/drab/murky
昏暗 hūnàn, dusky
阴暗面 yīnànmiàn, [陰暗面], the dark side (of society etc)
暗淡 àndàn, dark/dim (light)/dull (color)/drab/(fig.) gloomy/bleak
暗喻 ànyù, metaphor
暗藏 àncáng, to hide/to conceal
黑暗面 暗自 ànzì, inwardly/to oneself/secretly
暗暗 ànàn, secretly/inwardly
暗箭 ànjiàn, attack by a hidden enemy/a stab in the back
暗门 暗室 ànshì, darkroom
柳暗花明 liǔànhuāmíng, lit. the willow trees make the shade, the flowers give the light (idiom); at one...
幽暗 yōuàn, gloom
暗色 暗渡陈仓 àndùChéncāng, [暗渡陳倉], lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a ...
明争暗斗 míngzhēngàndòu, [明爭暗鬥], to fight openly and maneuver covertly (idiom)
暗想 ànxiǎng, think to oneself
晦暗 huìàn, dark and gloomy
暗码 暗含 ànhán, to imply/to suggest/to connote/implicit
天昏地暗 暗潮 àncháo, undercurrent
忽明忽暗 暗访 ànfǎng, [暗訪], to make secret inquiries/to investigate in secret
暗流 ànliú, undercurrent
暗度陈仓 暗箱 ànxiāng, camera bellows/camera obscura
暗害 ànhài, to kill secretly/to stab in the back
暗盒 ànhé, magazine/cassette
暗示疗法 明枪暗箭 暗花 暗笑 ànxiào, laugh in (up) one's sleeve/snigger/snicker
暗红 暗器 ànqì, concealed weapon
暗堡 ànbǎo, bunker
暗娼 ànchāng, unlicensed (unregistered) prostitute
暗昧 ànmèi, obscure/remaining unenlightened
灰 ⇒
灰 huī, ash/dust/lime/gray/discouraged/dejected
灰色 huīsè, gray/ash gray/grizzly/pessimistic/gloomy/dispirited/ambiguous
骨灰 gǔhuī, bone ash/ashes of the dead
灰姑娘 Huīgūniang, Cinderella/a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
灰尘 huīchén, [灰塵], dust
灰烬 huījìn, [灰燼], ashes
烟灰缸 yānhuīgāng, [煙灰缸], ashtray
灰心 huīxīn, to lose heart/to be discouraged
灰暗 huīàn, dull gray/drab/murky
灰飞烟灭 huīfēiyānmiè, [灰飛煙滅], lit. scattered ashes and dispersed smoke (idiom)/fig. to be annihilated/to vanis...
烟灰 yānhuī, [煙灰], cigarette ash
化为灰烬 骨灰盒 gǔhuīhé, box for bone ashes/funerary casket
石灰 shíhuī, lime (calcium oxide)
大灰狼 dàhuīláng, big bad wolf
灰心丧气 huīxīnsàngqì, [灰心喪氣], downhearted/downcast/in despair
炮灰 pàohuī, cannon fodder
心灰意冷 xīnhuīyìlěng, discouraged/downhearted
死灰 石灰石 shíhuīshí, limestone
灰溜溜 huīliūliū, dull gray/gloomy/dejected/crestfallen/with one's tail between one's legs
灰白 huībái, colored/ash-colored
死灰复燃 sǐhuīfùrán, [死灰復燃], lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence/sth ma...
煤灰 méihuī, soot
火山灰 huǒshānhuī, volcanic ash
万念俱灰 wànniànjùhuī, [萬念俱灰], every hope turns to dust (idiom); completely disheartened
油灰 银灰色 灰质炎 灰鲸 灰土 Huītǔ/huītǔ, Spodosols (Chinese Soil Taxonomy), dust
一鼻子灰 灰白色 huībáisè, ash gray
深灰色 shēnhuīsè, dark gray
灰鼠 灰鹅 炉灰 石灰岩 shíhuīyán, limestone
深灰 灰蒙蒙 huīmēngmēng, dusky/overcast (of weather)
灰质 生石灰 shēngshíhuī, calcium oxide CaO/quicklime
灰度 huīdù, grayscale
灰市 灰指甲 灰不溜秋 huībuliūqiū, see 灰不溜丟|灰不溜丢[huī bu liū diū]
灰鹤 huīhè, [灰鶴], (bird species of China) common crane (Grus grus)
磷灰石 línhuīshí, apatite/phosphatic limestone
灰扑扑 抹灰 mǒhuī, to plaster/to render (a wall)/(fig.) to bring shame on/also pr. [mò huī]
灰浆 huījiāng, [灰漿], mortar (for masonry)