# 陰騭
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yīnzhì
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄓˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jam$^1$ zat$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): im-chit / im-chek
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yīnzhì
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄓˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yinjhìh
*** Wade–Giles: yin$^1$-chih$^4$
*** Yale: yīn-jr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: injyh
*** Palladius: иньчжи (inʹčži)
*** Sinological IPA : /in⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jam$^1$ zat$^1$
*** Yale: yām jāt
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jam$^1$ dzat$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yem$^1$ zed$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɐt̚⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-chit
*** Tâi-lô: im-tsit
*** Phofsit Daibuun: imcid
*** IPA (Xiamen): /im⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sit̚³²/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: im-chek
*** Tâi-lô: im-tsik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: imzeg
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /im⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪk̚³²/
* Middle Chinese: 'im tsyit
Rime :
| Character | 陰 | 騭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 侵 (140) | 質 (48) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 於金切 | 之日切 |
| Baxter | 'im | tsyit |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠiɪm/ | /t͡ɕiɪt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔᵚim/ | /t͡ɕit̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiem/ | /t͡ɕjet̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjim/ | /cit̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔjəm/ | /t͡ɕiĕt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭĕm/ | /t͡ɕĭĕt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi̯əm/ | /t͡ɕi̯ĕt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yīn | zhi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jam$^1$ | zat$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯm tjiɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 陰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yīn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔim › |
| Old Chinese | /*q(r)um/ |
| English | dark |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 陰 | 騭 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 6623 | 17387 |
| Phonetic component | 今 | 陟 |
| Rime group | 侵 | 質 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 音 | 質 |
| Old Chinese | /*qrɯm/ | /*tjiɡ/ |
| Notes | | 讀若郅，與特同源 |

### Noun

陰騭
* good deed done in secret; hidden merit
    From: c. 840,《續玄怪錄•定婚店》
    Yǒu miǎo yù bào sān suì nǚ lái, bìlòu yì shèn. Lǎorén zhǐ yuē: “Cǐ jūn zhī qī yě.” Gù nù yuē: “Shā zhī kě hū?” Lǎorén yuē: “Cǐ rén mìng dāng shí dà lù, yīn zǐ ér shíyì, yōng kě shā hū?” […] hòu shēng nán Kūn, wéi Yànmén tàishǒu, fēng Tàiyuán jùn tàifūrén. Nǎi zhī yīnzhì zhī dìng, bùkě biàn yě. [Pinyin]
    A blind old woman was carrying her three-year-old daughter, both looking fairly shabby and ugly. The old man pointed at the girl and said, "She'll be your future wife.” The man hearing this was furious and asked, "Can I kill her?” The old man replied, “She is destined to enjoy great wealth and noble status owing to you. How could you kill her then?” [...] Later, the girl grew up and gave birth to a son named Kun, who eventually became the Governor of Yanmen and granted his mother the title of Grand Madam of Taiyuan Prefecture. Only then did people realize that the hidden virtues and karmic rewards predestined by fate could not be changed.

#### Synonyms

* 陰功 / 阴功 (yīngōng)
* 陰德 / 阴德 (yīndé)

### Verb

陰騭
* to stabilize quietly

#### Derived terms

* 損陰騭 / 损阴骘
* 陰騭文 / 阴骘文
* 陰騭紋 / 阴骘纹

### Adjective

陰騭
* (Cantonese) malicious; malevolent