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隐约

yǐn yuē

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

隐约 (yǐn yuē) means "vague; faint; indistinct". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 隐约 means

1. vague; faint; indistinct

The characters in 隐约

• 隐yǐn(bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
• 约yuēto make an appointment; to invite; approximately

Example sentences

• 她隐约地有一种的内疚感。
  Tā yǐnyuē de yǒu yīzhǒng de nèijiù gǎn.
  She had a vague feeling of guilt.
• 透过薄雾，我隐约看见了我的未来。
  Tòuguò bówù, wǒ yǐnyuē kànjiàn le wǒ de wèilái.
  In looking through the mist, I caught a glimpse of my future.
• 你醒来的时候，发现自己躺在一个洞穴的石地上。四周一片漆黑，只有从上面透下来的一点光。你隐约能看见有几个通往外面的洞。现在该怎么做呢？
  Nǐ xǐnglái de shíhou, fāxiàn zìjǐ tǎng zài yī gè dòngxué de shí dìshang. sìzhōu yī piàn qīhēi, zhǐ yǒu cóng shàngmiàn tòu xiàlai de yīdiǎn guāng. nǐ yǐnyuē néng kànjiàn yǒu jǐge tōngwǎng wàimiàn de dòng. xiànzài gāi zěnme zuò ne?
  You wake up lying on the rocky floor of a dark cave. A little light filters down from above. You can just make out a couple of openings leading away from the cave. What do you do now?

Words starting with 隐约

• 隐约其辞yǐn yuē qí cíequivocal speech; to use vague or ambiguous language

Where 隐约 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yǐn (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 yǐn yuē correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.