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隐情

yǐn qíng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 隱情

隐情 (yǐn qíng) means "sth one wishes to keep secret; ulterior motive; a subject best avoided". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 隐情 means

1. sth one wishes to keep secret
2. ulterior motive
3. a subject best avoided

The characters in 隐情

• 隐yǐn(bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition

Example sentences

• 此事必有隐情。
  Cǐ shì bì yǒu yǐnqíng.
  There must be something at the back of this matter.

Words starting with 隐情

• 隐情不报yǐn qíng bù bàonot to report sth; to keep sth secret

Sounds the same

Read yǐn qíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 引擎engine (loanword)

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