隱 (yǐn)
Hidden; concealed; secret; privacy
How 隱 is written
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 阝 — town
- Traditional
- 隱
- Simplified
- 隐
隱 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- yǐn
- secret; hidden; concealed; Greek stem: crypto-
- yìn
- to lean upon
Common words using 隱
- 隱形 yǐnxíng
- invisible
- 隱忍 yǐnrěn
- to bear patiently; to endure silently; to forbear
- 隱瞞 yǐnmán
- to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth
- 隱私 yǐnsī
- secrets; private business; privacy
- 隱藏 yǐncáng
- to hide; to conceal; to mask
- 隱身 yǐnshēn
- to hide oneself; invisible (person or online status)
- 隱隱 yǐnyǐn
- faint; indistinct
- 若隱若現 ruòyǐnruòxiàn
- faintly discernible (idiom)
- 隱匿 yǐnnì
- to cover up; to hide; to conceal
- 隱喻 yǐnyù
- metaphor
- 隱士 yǐnshì
- hermit
- 隱居 yǐnjū
- to live in seclusion
隱 in a sentence
我們應該尊重別人的隱私。
Wǒmen yīnggāi zūnzhòng biérén de yǐnsī.
“We should respect other people's privacy.”
How common is 隱?
隱 is the 1,032nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 89.7% of all running text.
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