"曖昧" meaning in Chinese

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Adjective

IPA: /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɔːi̯³³ muːi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɔːi̯³⁵ muːi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mãi⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ai¹¹⁻⁵³ mãi³³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ai²¹⁻⁴¹ mãi³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mue³⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/, /ɔːi̯³³ muːi̯²²/, /ɔːi̯³⁵ muːi̯²²/, /ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/, /ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mãi⁴¹/, /ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/, /ai¹¹⁻⁵³ mãi³³/, /ai²¹⁻⁴¹ mãi³³/, /ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mue³⁵/, /e³³ me⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: àimèi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄞˋ ㄇㄟˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], oi³ mui⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], oi² mui⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ài-māi [Hokkien, POJ], ain³ muê⁶ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵e-me, àimèi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], àimèi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ai⁴-mei⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ài-mèi [Mandarin, Yale], aymey [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], аймэй [Mandarin, Palladius], ajmɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], oi muih [Cantonese, Yale], ói muih [Cantonese, Yale], oi³ mui⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], oi² mui⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], oi³ mui⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], oi² mui⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ài-māi [Hokkien, Tai-lo], aemai [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], àiⁿ muĕ [POJ, Teochew], ⁵e-me [Wu], e^去 me [Wu], ²e-me [Wu], /e³³ me⁴⁴/ [Wu], 'ojH mwojH [Middle-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 曖昧
  1. (of attitude, meaning, etc.) vague; obscure; ambiguous; dubious Tags: usually Synonyms (vague): 暗昧 (ànmèi)
    Sense id: en-曖昧-zh-adj-rr3Zh0K- Disambiguation of 'vague': 98 2
  2. (of relationship, behaviour, etc.) intimate but not explicit; showing fondness and interest in a relationship, albeit non-actively; amorous; flirty; flirtatious; having an affair with somebody; adulterous; illicit Tags: usually
    Sense id: en-曖昧-zh-adj-vKttsMuQ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 10 77 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 曖昧不明, 暧昧不明, 曖昧之情, 暧昧之情

Verb

IPA: /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɔːi̯³³ muːi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ɔːi̯³⁵ muːi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mãi⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ai¹¹⁻⁵³ mãi³³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ai²¹⁻⁴¹ mãi³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mue³⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/, /ɔːi̯³³ muːi̯²²/, /ɔːi̯³⁵ muːi̯²²/, /ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/, /ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mãi⁴¹/, /ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/, /ai¹¹⁻⁵³ mãi³³/, /ai²¹⁻⁴¹ mãi³³/, /ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mue³⁵/, /e³³ me⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: àimèi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄞˋ ㄇㄟˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], oi³ mui⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], oi² mui⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], ài-māi [Hokkien, POJ], ain³ muê⁶ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵e-me, àimèi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], àimèi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], ai⁴-mei⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], ài-mèi [Mandarin, Yale], aymey [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], аймэй [Mandarin, Palladius], ajmɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], oi muih [Cantonese, Yale], ói muih [Cantonese, Yale], oi³ mui⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], oi² mui⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], oi³ mui⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], oi² mui⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ài-māi [Hokkien, Tai-lo], aemai [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], àiⁿ muĕ [POJ, Teochew], ⁵e-me [Wu], e^去 me [Wu], ²e-me [Wu], /e³³ me⁴⁴/ [Wu], 'ojH mwojH [Middle-Chinese]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 曖昧
  1. (of a person) to maintain an ambiguous and flirtatious relationship (with someone)
    Sense id: en-曖昧-zh-verb-rXvzsrC6

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          "english": "The purpose of having an amorous reservedness is not to keep others at miles away from yourself, but rather to keep him always chasing and courting.",
          "ref": "曖昧的矜持,其目的不是要拒人於千里之外,而是要讓他一直保持高度的進攻狀態。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "暧昧的矜持,其目的不是要拒人于千里之外,而是要让他一直保持高度的进攻状态。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: http://www.cnwnews.com/html/ent/cn_qakj/20101031/280165.html\nÀimèi de jīnchí, qí mùdi bùshì yào jù rén yú qiānlǐ zhīwài, érshì yào ràng tā yīzhí bǎochí gāodù de jìngōng zhuàngtài. [Pinyin]",
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          "english": "In the new film \"Corpse: The new battling soldier\", Zhou Xiuna plays the character of a young and inexperienced (revived) female corpse, who developed an amorous lesbian relationship with Jiang Luxia.",
          "ref": "周秀娜於新片《殭屍新戰士》內扮演入世未深的殭屍女,與蔣璐霞發展一段同性曖昧情。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "周秀娜于新片《僵尸新战士》内扮演入世未深的僵尸女,与蒋璐霞发展一段同性暧昧情。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: http://www.hinews.cn/news/system/2010/10/31/011384102.shtml\nZhōu Xiùnuó yú xīnpiàn “jiāngshī xīn zhànshì” nèi bànyǎn rùshì wèi shēn de jiāngshī nǚ, yǔ Jiǎng Lùxiá fāzhǎn yī duàn tóngxìng àimèi qíng. [Pinyin]",
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      "zh-pron": "àimèi"
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄞˋ ㄇㄟˋ"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi³ mui⁶"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "zh-pron": "ài-māi"
    },
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        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ain³ muê⁶"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "⁵e-me"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "Mandarin"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àimèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
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      "zh-pron": "ai⁴-mei⁴"
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      "zh-pron": "aymey"
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      "zh-pron": "аймэй"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "ajmɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/",
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "oi muih"
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      "tags": [
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      "zh-pron": "ói muih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi³ mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      "zh-pron": "oi² mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi³ mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi² mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³³ muːi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³⁵ muːi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ài-māi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aemai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mãi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai¹¹⁻⁵³ mãi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁴¹ mãi³³/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àiⁿ muĕ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mue³⁵/",
      "tags": [
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        "Teochew"
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      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵e-me"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e^去 me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²e-me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/e³³ me⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "'ojH mwojH"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³³ muːi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³⁵ muːi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mãi⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai¹¹⁻⁵³ mãi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁴¹ mãi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mue³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³ me⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "曖昧"
}

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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àimèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai⁴-mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ài-mèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aymey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "аймэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ajmɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi muih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ói muih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi³ mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi² mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi³ mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi² mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³³ muːi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³⁵ muːi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ài-māi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aemai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mãi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai¹¹⁻⁵³ mãi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁴¹ mãi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àiⁿ muĕ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mue³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵e-me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e^去 me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²e-me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/e³³ me⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'ojH mwojH"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³³ muːi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³⁵ muːi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mãi⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai¹¹⁻⁵³ mãi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁴¹ mãi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mue³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³ me⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "曖昧"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "曖昧不明"
    },
    {
      "word": "暧昧不明"
    },
    {
      "word": "曖昧之情"
    },
    {
      "word": "暧昧之情"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "曖昧",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "vague; obscure; ambiguous; dubious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attitude",
          "attitude"
        ],
        [
          "meaning",
          "meaning"
        ],
        [
          "vague",
          "vague"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ],
        [
          "ambiguous",
          "ambiguous"
        ],
        [
          "dubious",
          "dubious"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "meaning",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of attitude, meaning, etc.) vague; obscure; ambiguous; dubious"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of attitude"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The purpose of having an amorous reservedness is not to keep others at miles away from yourself, but rather to keep him always chasing and courting.",
          "ref": "曖昧的矜持,其目的不是要拒人於千里之外,而是要讓他一直保持高度的進攻狀態。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "暧昧的矜持,其目的不是要拒人于千里之外,而是要让他一直保持高度的进攻状态。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: http://www.cnwnews.com/html/ent/cn_qakj/20101031/280165.html\nÀimèi de jīnchí, qí mùdi bùshì yào jù rén yú qiānlǐ zhīwài, érshì yào ràng tā yīzhí bǎochí gāodù de jìngōng zhuàngtài. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In the new film \"Corpse: The new battling soldier\", Zhou Xiuna plays the character of a young and inexperienced (revived) female corpse, who developed an amorous lesbian relationship with Jiang Luxia.",
          "ref": "周秀娜於新片《殭屍新戰士》內扮演入世未深的殭屍女,與蔣璐霞發展一段同性曖昧情。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "周秀娜于新片《僵尸新战士》内扮演入世未深的僵尸女,与蒋璐霞发展一段同性暧昧情。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: http://www.hinews.cn/news/system/2010/10/31/011384102.shtml\nZhōu Xiùnuó yú xīnpiàn “jiāngshī xīn zhànshì” nèi bànyǎn rùshì wèi shēn de jiāngshī nǚ, yǔ Jiǎng Lùxiá fāzhǎn yī duàn tóngxìng àimèi qíng. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "intimate but not explicit; showing fondness and interest in a relationship, albeit non-actively; amorous; flirty; flirtatious; having an affair with somebody; adulterous; illicit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ],
        [
          "behaviour",
          "behaviour"
        ],
        [
          "intimate",
          "intimate"
        ],
        [
          "explicit",
          "explicit"
        ],
        [
          "fondness",
          "fondness"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "amorous",
          "amorous"
        ],
        [
          "flirty",
          "flirty"
        ],
        [
          "flirtatious",
          "flirtatious"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ],
        [
          "adulterous",
          "adulterous"
        ],
        [
          "illicit",
          "illicit"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "behaviour",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of relationship, behaviour, etc.) intimate but not explicit; showing fondness and interest in a relationship, albeit non-actively; amorous; flirty; flirtatious; having an affair with somebody; adulterous; illicit"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of relationship"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àimèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄞˋ ㄇㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi³ mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi² mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ài-māi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ain³ muê⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵e-me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àimèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àimèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai⁴-mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ài-mèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aymey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "аймэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ajmɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi muih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ói muih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi³ mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi² mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi³ mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi² mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³³ muːi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³⁵ muːi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ài-māi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aemai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mãi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai¹¹⁻⁵³ mãi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁴¹ mãi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àiⁿ muĕ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mue³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵e-me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e^去 me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²e-me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/e³³ me⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'ojH mwojH"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³³ muːi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³⁵ muːi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mãi⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai¹¹⁻⁵³ mãi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁴¹ mãi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mue³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³ me⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "ànmèi",
      "sense": "vague",
      "word": "暗昧"
    }
  ],
  "word": "曖昧"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "曖昧"
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          "expansion": "曖昧",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "曖昧",
            "2": "あいまい",
            "gloss": ""
          },
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        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "애매(曖昧)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 애매(曖昧) (aemae)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "曖昧",
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            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
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            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "曖昧",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "曖昧",
            "v": "曖昧",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (曖昧):\n* → Japanese: 曖昧(あいまい) (aimai)\n* → Korean: 애매(曖昧) (aemae)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "あいまい",
            "3": "애매"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (曖昧):\n* → Japanese: 曖昧(あいまい) (aimai)\n* → Korean: 애매(曖昧) (aemae)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (曖昧):\n* → Japanese: 曖昧(あいまい) (aimai)\n* → Korean: 애매(曖昧) (aemae)"
    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "曖昧",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to maintain an ambiguous and flirtatious relationship (with someone)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "maintain",
          "maintain"
        ],
        [
          "ambiguous",
          "ambiguous"
        ],
        [
          "flirtatious",
          "flirtatious"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(of a person) to maintain an ambiguous and flirtatious relationship (with someone)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àimèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄞˋ ㄇㄟˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi³ mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi² mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ài-māi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ain³ muê⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵e-me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àimèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àimèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ai⁴-mei⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ài-mèi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aymey"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "аймэй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ajmɛj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi muih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ói muih"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi³ mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi² mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi³ mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oi² mui⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³³ muːi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³⁵ muːi̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ài-māi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aemai"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mãi⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai¹¹⁻⁵³ mãi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁴¹ mãi³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "àiⁿ muĕ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mue³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵e-me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "e^去 me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²e-me"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/e³³ me⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'ojH mwojH"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³³ muːi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔːi̯³⁵ muːi̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ mãi⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁵³ mãi²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai¹¹⁻⁵³ mãi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ai²¹⁻⁴¹ mãi³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ãĩ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ mue³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e³³ me⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "曖昧"
}

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