陰間

See also: 阴间

Chinese

 
(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine
(of weather) overcast; Yin; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative (electric.); shady
 
interstice; separate; between
interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (陰間)
simp. (阴间)

Pronunciation


Noun

陰間

  1. the other side; heaven or hell; afterworld; netherworld
  2. Hades

Synonyms

  • (the other side): (figuratively) 黃泉黄泉 (huángquán), (figuratively, euphemism, colloquial, jocular) 老家 (lǎojiā)

Antonyms

Adjective

陰間

  1. (Internet slang) creepy
    20211英國廣播公司BBC拍攝紀錄片重返湖北中國網友見識濾鏡爐火純青武漢一副灰暗不少中國網友吐槽BBC使用陰間濾鏡 [MSC, trad.]
    20211英国广播公司BBC拍摄纪录片重返湖北中国网友见识滤镜炉火纯青武汉一副灰暗不少中国网友吐槽BBC使用阴间滤镜 [MSC, simp.]
    From: BBC"阴间滤镜"实锤了, on The Paper (newspaper)
    2021 nián 1 yuè, Yīngguó guǎngbō gōngsī (BBC) pāishè de jìlùpiàn “Chóngfǎn Húběi” zhōng, Zhōngguó wǎngyǒu jiànshí dào le Yīng méi de “lǜjìng” yòng de yǒu duō lúhuǒchúnqīng. Piàn zhōng de Wǔhàn yīfù huī'àn, bùshǎo Zhōngguó wǎngyǒu tùcáo BBC shǐyòng le “yīnjiān lǜjìng”. [Pinyin]
    In January 2021, Chinese netizens became aware of how skilled British mass media were at their utilising "filters" from Returning to Hubei, a documentary by British Broadcasting Company (BBC). In the documentary, Wuhan was dark as midnight, leading many Chinese netizens criticising that BBC used "a filter from the hell".

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かげ
Grade: S

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Named after 陰の間, where younger kabuki actors received training (and engaged themselves into prostitution).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) げま [kàgémá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡe̞ma̠]

Noun

(かげ)() (kagema) 

  1. (historical) a male sex worker
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