暗器

Chinese

		dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret	device; tool; utensil
trad. (暗器)		暗	器
simp. ^#(暗器)		暗	器

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ànqì

(Zhuyin): ㄢˋ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): am³ hei³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): àm-khì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ànqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄢˋ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: àncì
  - Wade–Giles: an⁴-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: àn-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: annchih
  - Palladius: аньци (anʹci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    暗器
    暗泣
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: am³ hei³
  - Yale: am hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: am³ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: em³ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐm³³ hei̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àm-khì
  - Tâi-lô: àm-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: armqix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /am²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /am⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /am²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /am¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /am²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰi²¹/

Noun

暗器

hidden or concealed weapon (e.g. darts hidden inside the sleeves)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (暗器):

→ Japanese: 暗(あん)器(き) (anki)
→ Vietnamese: ám khí (暗器)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
暗	器
あん Grade: 3	き Grade: 4
kan'yōon

Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Chinese 暗器 (ànqì).

Noun

暗(あん)器(き) • (anki)

(martial arts, weaponry) a hidden weapon
- 2000 December 20 [1999 May 17], Maekawa, Takeshi, “宮(きゅう)殿(でん)に潜(ひそ)む狼(おおかみ)！の巻(まき) [The Wolf That Lurks inside the Palace!]”, in 新(しん)鉄(てっ)拳(けん)チンミ [New Ironfist Chinmi], 2nd edition, volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 81:
  
  例(れい)の暗(あん)器(き)か‥‥‼
  Rei no anki ka‥‥‼
  That hidden weapon again‥‥⁉

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
暗	器

Noun

暗器

chữ Hán form of ám khí (“(martial arts) hidden or concealed weapon”)