暗 (àn) means Dark (hidden - secret). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
房间里太 暗 了，开灯吧。
Fángjiān lǐ tài àn le, kāi dēng ba.
It's too dark in the room; let's turn on the light.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 暗
天 暗 下来了，我们回家吧。
Tiān àn xiàlái le, wǒmen huí jiā ba.
It's getting dark; let's go home.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 暗
他在黑 暗 中摸索着找开关。
Tā zài hēi'àn zhōng mōsuǒzhe zhǎo kāiguān.
He groped around in the dark for the switch.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 摸索
有人在 暗 中阻挠这项改革。
Yǒu rén zài ànzhōng zǔnáo zhè xiàng gǎigé.
Someone is secretly obstructing this reform.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 阻挠
他不停地看表， 暗 示我该走了。
Tā bùtíng de kàn biǎo, ànshì wǒ gāi zǒu le.
He kept looking at his watch, hinting that I should leave.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 暗示
经理的话里有明显的 暗 示，可惜我当时没听懂。
Jīnglǐ de huà lǐ yǒu míngxiǎn de ànshì, kěxī wǒ dāngshí méi tīngdǒng.
There was a clear hint in the manager's words, but unfortunately I missed it at the time.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 暗示
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Words that contain 暗
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Questions about 暗
How is 暗 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 暗 (àn, "Dark (hidden - secret)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 暗 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 暗 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 暗 an HSK word?
Yes — 暗 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 暗?
The dictionary page for 暗 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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