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暧昧

ài mèi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 曖昧

暧昧 (ài mèi) means "vague; ambiguous; equivocal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 暧昧 means

1. vague
2. ambiguous
3. equivocal
4. dubious

The characters in 暧昧

• 暧ài(of daylight) dim; obscure; clandestine
• 昧mèito conceal; dark

Example sentences

• 他们的关系有些暧昧。
  Tāmen de guānxi yǒuxiē àimèi.
  Their relationship is dubious.

Words starting with 暧昧

• 暧昧关系ài mèi guān xìshady relationship; affair; adulterous relationship

Where 暧昧 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.

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