暗中

àn zhōng

B1 Level 5
Adverb

暗中 (àn zhōng) is a Chinese word meaning “in the dark”. It sits at TOCFL Level 5 (CEFR B1) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. in the dark
  2. in secret
  3. on the sly
  4. surreptitiously

Stroke order

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Example

他暗中幫了我很多忙。

He helped me a lot behind the scenes.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).