晦 (huì): (bound form) last day of a lunar month, (bound form) dark, gloomy
晦 (huì) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) last day of a lunar month.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 每 (phonetic). It ranks #3386 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 晦 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 时 (shí, time, hour), 明 (míng, bright, tomorrow).
Definitions
- (bound form) last day of a lunar month
- (bound form) dark
- gloomy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 晦气adjective | huì qì | bad luck |
| 隐晦adjective | yǐn huì | vague |
| 晦涩adjective | huì sè | difficult to understand |
| 晦暗adjective | huì àn | dark and gloomy |
| 韬光养晦phrase | tāo guāng yǎng huì | to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) |
| 风雨如晦phrase | fēng yǔ rú huì | lit. wind and rain darken the sky (idiom) |
| 遵时养晦 | zūn shí yǎng huì | to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom) |
| 显晦 | xiǎn huì | light and shade |
| 风雨晦冥 | fēng yǔ huì míng | conditions of extreme adversity (idiom) |
| 阴晦adjective | yīn huì | overcast |
| 艰深晦涩 | jiān shēn huì sè | abstruse and unfathomable (idiom) |
| 悖晦adjective | bèi huì | (coll.) muddleheaded |
晦 appears in 12 compound words: 25 as the first character, 58 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
晦落西山,晚霞映红了半边天。
huì luò xī shān , wǎn xiá yìng hóng le bàn biān tiān .
The sun sets behind the western hills, and the evening glow paints half the sky red.
它仅仅翻译晦涩的对白,迷路时调出攻略,或是陷入僵局时给出一点线索。
tā jǐn jǐn fān yì huì sè de duì bái , mí lù shí diào chū gōng lüè , huò shì xiàn rù jiāng jú shí gěi chū yī diǎn xiàn suǒ .
It simply translates obscure dialogue, pulls up a walkthrough when you get lost, or offers a hint when you're stuck.
遇到晦涩的长难句,传统的做法是手动划选、右键复制、切出翻译软件再粘贴,步骤繁杂。
yù dào huì sè de cháng nán jù , chuán tǒng de zuò fǎ shì shǒu dòng huá xuǎn , yòu jiàn fù zhì , qiē chū fān yì ruǎn jiàn zài nián tiē , bù zhòu fán zá .
When encountering long, complex sentences that are difficult to understand, the traditional approach involves manually highlighting the text, right-clicking to copy it, opening a translation tool, and then pasting it—a cumbersome process.
原本晦涩冷僻的甲骨文,在弹幕和留言中获得了大量关注。
yuán běn huì sè lěng pì de jiǎ gǔ wén , zài dàn mù hé liú yán zhōng huò dé le dà liàng guān zhù .
Oracle bone script, which was once obscure and rarely studied, has garnered a great deal of attention through comments and messages.
相较而言,考古报告往往晦涩难懂。
xiāng jiào ér yán , kǎo gǔ bào gào wǎng wǎng huì sè nán dǒng .
In contrast, archaeological reports are often difficult to understand.
趣味十足的玩法,让原本晦涩的古文明知识变得生动易懂,她收获了满满的知识与喜悦。
qù wèi shí zú de wán fǎ , ràng yuán běn huì sè de gǔ wén míng zhī shí biàn dé shēng dòng yì dǒng , tā shōu huò le mǎn mǎn de zhī shí yǔ xǐ yuè .
The fun and engaging activities made the otherwise obscure knowledge of ancient civilizations come alive and easy to understand, and she gained a wealth of knowledge and joy.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 日 (sun) component
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