變暗 [变－]

Jyutping bin3 am3
Pinyin biàn àn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to darken
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    天色变暗了。
    天色變暗了。
    tiān sè biàn àn le 。
    • It was getting dark.
    • The sky darkened.
  2. Mandarin
    天空突然变暗了。
    天空突然變暗了。
    tiān kōng tū rán biàn àn le 。
    • All of a sudden the sky became dark.
    • The sky suddenly became overcast.
  3. Mandarin
    我不知道天色变暗了。
    我不知道天色變暗了。
    wǒ bù zhī dào tiān sè biàn àn le 。
    • It became dark before I knew it.
  4. Mandarin
    天变暗了。我不知道是不是要下雨。
    天變暗了。我不知道是不是要下雨。
    tiān biàn àn le 。 wǒ bù zhī dào shì bù shì yào xià yǔ 。
    • It's gotten dark. Is it going to rain, I wonder?
    • It's getting dark. I wonder if it's going to rain.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    天色开始变暗，我哋都系快啲揾个地方避雨。
    天色開始變暗，我哋都係快啲揾個地方避雨。
    tin1 sik1 hoi1 ci2 bin3 am3, ngo5 dei6 dou1 hai6 faai3 di1 wan2 go3 dei6 fong1 bei6 jyu5.
    • The sky is getting gloomy. We'd better find somewhere to hide from the rain.