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暗示

àn shì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

暗示 (àn shì) means "to hint, imply indirectly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 暗示 means

1. to hint; to suggest
2. hint; suggestion

The characters in 暗示

• 暗àndark; to turn dark; secret; hidden
• 示shìto show; to reveal

Example sentences

• 你在暗示什么？
  Nǐ zài ànshì shénme?
  What are you hinting at?
• 你想暗示什幺？
  What are you driving at?
• 你在暗示什幺？
  What are you driving at?
• 您在暗示什幺？
  What are you driving at?
• 你们在暗示什幺？
  What are you driving at?
• 我没有暗示甚么。
  I wasn't implying anything.

Words containing 暗示

• 性暗示xìng àn shìsexual innuendo; indirect sexual suggestion in words, gestures, images etc

Sounds the same

Read àn shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 暗室darkroom

Where 暗示 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · āi–hē (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read àn shì correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.