"晦澀" meaning in Chinese

See 晦澀 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /fuːi̯³³ sɐp̚⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /hue²¹⁻⁵³ siap̚³²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA], /hue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siap̚⁵/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, IPA] Forms: 晦涩 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 晦澀
  1. (of literary writing, music, etc.) hard to understand; obscure; pedantic; inkhorn; abstruse Tags: usually Synonyms: 艱澀 (jiānsè), 艰涩 (jiānsè)
    Sense id: en-晦澀-zh-adj-p7nb~eiH Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "晦涩",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "晦澀",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard to understand; obscure; pedantic; inkhorn; abstruse"
      ],
      "id": "en-晦澀-zh-adj-p7nb~eiH",
      "links": [
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ],
        [
          "pedantic",
          "pedantic"
        ],
        [
          "inkhorn",
          "inkhorn"
        ],
        [
          "abstruse",
          "abstruse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of literary writing, music, etc.) hard to understand; obscure; pedantic; inkhorn; abstruse"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of literary writing"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "jiānsè",
          "word": "艱澀"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiānsè",
          "word": "艰涩"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huìsè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fui³ sap¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hòe-siap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huìsè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huèisè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hui⁴-sê⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hwèi-sè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hueyseh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuejsɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хуэйсэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fui³ sap¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fui sāp"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fui³ sap⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fui³ seb¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuːi̯³³ sɐp̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hòe-siap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huè-siap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoeasiab"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hue²¹⁻⁵³ siap̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siap̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "晦澀"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "晦涩",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "晦澀",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese adjectives",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese adjectives",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 晦",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 澀",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Hokkien adjectives",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Mandarin adjectives",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard to understand; obscure; pedantic; inkhorn; abstruse"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ],
        [
          "pedantic",
          "pedantic"
        ],
        [
          "inkhorn",
          "inkhorn"
        ],
        [
          "abstruse",
          "abstruse"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of literary writing, music, etc.) hard to understand; obscure; pedantic; inkhorn; abstruse"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of literary writing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huìsè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fui³ sap¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hòe-siap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huìsè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄜˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huèisè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hui⁴-sê⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hwèi-sè"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hueyseh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuejsɛ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хуэйсэ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ sɤ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fui³ sap¹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fui sāp"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fui³ sap⁷"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fui³ seb¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuːi̯³³ sɐp̚⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hòe-siap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huè-siap"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoeasiab"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hue²¹⁻⁵³ siap̚³²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ siap̚⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Quanzhou",
        "Zhangzhou",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "jiānsè",
      "word": "艱澀"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiānsè",
      "word": "艰涩"
    }
  ],
  "word": "晦澀"
}

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