暗中

Chinese

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ànzhōng

(Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ zung¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): am-chûng

(Meixian, Guangdong): am⁴ zung¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): àm-tiong

(Teochew, Peng'im): am³ dang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ànzhōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ànjhong
  - Wade–Giles: an⁴-chung¹
  - Yale: àn-jūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annjong
  - Palladius: аньчжун (anʹčžun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: am³ zung¹
  - Yale: am jūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: am³ dzung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: em³ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: am-chûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: am zung´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: am⁴ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /am⁵⁵ t͡suŋ²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: am⁴ zung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /am⁵³ t͡sʊŋ⁴⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-tiong
  - Tâi-lô: àm-tiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: armdiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /am²¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: am³ dang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: àm tang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /am²¹³⁻⁵⁵ taŋ³³/

Adverb

暗中

in the dark (being somewhere without light)
in secret; in private; surreptitiously; behind someone's back; privately; on the sly
在暗中做事 ― zài ànzhōng zuòshì ― to do things in secret

Synonyms

(in the dark): 黑暗中 (hēi'àn zhōng)
(in secret):

尻川後／尻川后 (Min Nan)
尻脊後／尻脊后 (Min Nan)
暗下 (ànxià)
暗下裡／暗下里 (ànxiàlǐ)
暗地 (àndì) (literary)
暗地裡／暗地里 (àndìlǐ)
暗裡／暗里 (ànlǐ)
暗靜／暗静 (Min Nan)
私下 (sīxià)
私下裡／私下里 (sīxiàlǐ)
私底下
私自 (sīzì)
背地 (bèidì)
背地裡／背地里 (bèidìlǐ)
背後／背后 (bèihòu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗	中
あん Grade: 3	ちゅう Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

暗(あん)中(ちゅう) • (anchū)

the situation in the dark

Derived terms

暗中模索(あんちゅうもさく) (anchūmosaku): groping in the dark, investigation, struggling, or probing without any clues

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