HSK 6 · Society

阴谋 yīnmóu “plot” in Chinese

Traditional 陰謀

What 阴谋 means

  1. plot
  2. conspiracy
  3. to conspire

How to say 阴谋

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale阴yīn1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale谋móu2nd tone, rising

阴谋 in a sentence

  1. 人们指控他参与了这场阴谋。

    Rénmen zhǐkòng tā cānyù le zhè chǎng yīnmóu.

    People accused him of taking part in the conspiracy.

    Sentence #13117586 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 阴谋 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 阴 (yīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
阴yīnovercast
  • 阝place
  • 月moon · yuè
The character 谋 (móu) with each of its parts in a different colour
谋móuto plan
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 某some · mǒuSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 某 (mǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with móu.

How to write 阴谋

阴 6 strokes · 谋 11 strokes

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

Words related to 阴谋

Words with 阴

阴yīn · cloudy

Words with 谋

参谋cānmóu · adviser谋求móuqiú · to seek

More words: Society & Law

言论yánlùn · speech演习yǎnxí · military exercise谣言yáoyán · rumour压迫yāpò · to oppress隐私yǐnsī · privacy仪式yíshì · ceremony原告yuángào · plaintiff元首yuánshǒu · head of state

FAQs

阴谋 (yīnmóu) means “plot” or “conspiracy”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yīnmóu: yīn with a 1st tone, then móu with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 阴谋 is written 陰謀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yinmou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 阴谋 from the suggestions. Typing yinmou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
阴谋 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.