HSK 6 · Adjectives

隐约 yǐnyuē “faint” in Chinese

Traditional 隱約

What 隐约 means

  1. faint
  2. indistinct
  3. vague

How to say 隐约

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale隐yǐn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale约yuē1st tone, high and level

隐约 in a sentence

  1. 透过薄雾，我隐约看见了我的未来。

    Tòuguò bówù, wǒ yǐnyuē kànjiàn le wǒ de wèilái.

    Through the mist, I could faintly see my future.

    Sentence #406451 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 隐约 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 隐 (yǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
隐yǐnsecret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
  • 阝place
  • 急anxious · jí
The character 约 (yuē) with each of its parts in a different colour
约yuēto make an appointment
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 勺spoon · sháo

How to write 隐约

隐 11 strokes · 约 6 strokes

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

Words related to 隐约

Words with 隐

隐瞒yǐnmán · to conceal隐蔽yǐnbì · hidden隐私yǐnsī · privacy隐患yǐnhuàn · hidden danger

Words with 约

约yuē · to arrange to meet节约jiéyuē · to economise约会yuēhuì · appointment大约dàyuē · approximately约束yuēshù · to restrain制约zhìyuē · to restrict条约tiáoyuē · treaty

More words: Adjectives

一目了然yímùliǎorán · clear at a glance隐蔽yǐnbì · hidden英明yīngmíng · wise英勇yīngyǒng · heroic一丝不苟yìsībùgǒu · meticulous永恒yǒnghéng · eternal庸俗yōngsú · vulgar踊跃yǒngyuè · eager

FAQs

隐约 (yǐnyuē) means “faint” or “indistinct”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǐnyuē: yǐn with a 3rd tone, then yuē with a 1st 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, 隐约 is written 隱約. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yinyue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 隐约 from the suggestions. Typing yinyue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
隐约 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.