HSK 6 · Verbs

暗示 ànshì “to hint” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 暗示 means

  1. to hint
  2. to suggest
  3. suggestion

How to say 暗示

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale暗àn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale示shì4th tone, falling

暗示 in a sentence

  1. 你到底想暗示什么？

    Nǐ dàodǐ xiǎng ànshì shénme?

    What exactly are you hinting at?

    Sentence #6828257 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 您是在暗示我太年轻了吗？

    Nín shì zài ànshì wǒ tài niánqīng le ma?

    Are you implying that I’m too young?

    Sentence #12912694 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 他的话暗示着什么？

    Tā de huà ànshì zhe shénme?

    What do his words imply?

    Sentence #333658 from Tatoeba

How 暗示 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 暗 (àn) with each of its parts in a different colour
暗àndark
  • 日sun · rìMeaning part
  • 音sound · yīnSound part

日 hints at the meaning (sun); 音 (yīn) hints at the sound. Compare it with àn.

The character 示 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
示shìto show
  • 二two · èr
  • 小small · xiǎo

How to write 暗示

暗 13 strokes · 示 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

暗示 (ànshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 暗示 (ànshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 暗示

Words with 暗

暗àn · dark

Words with 示

表示biǎoshì · to express出示chūshì · to show显示xiǎnshì · to show示意shìyì · to signal提示tíshì · to prompt指示zhǐshì · to instruct展示zhǎnshì · to display示范shìfàn · to demonstrate请示qǐngshì · to ask for instructions示威shìwēi · to hold a demonstration

More words: Thinking & Talking

祝福zhùfú · blessing转告zhuǎngào · to pass on咨询zīxún · to consult尊敬zūnjìng · to respect拜托bàituō · to ask a favour保密bǎomì · to keep something secret鞭策biāncè · to spur on贬低biǎndī · to belittle

FAQs

暗示 (ànshì) means “to hint” or “to suggest”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it ànshì: àn with a 4th tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 暗示 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type anshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 暗示 from the suggestions. Typing anshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
暗示 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.