Usage of the character 杳
yǎo
杳
[杳]
- dark and quiet
- disappear
yǎomiǎo
杳渺
[杳渺]
- dimly discernible
yǎomiǎo
杳眇
[杳眇]
- variant of 杳渺 (yǎomiǎo)
yǎománg
杳茫
[杳茫]
- distant and out of sight
yǎorán
杳然
[杳然]
- quiet, silent, and lonely
- far and indistinct
- gone without a trace
yǎoyǎo
杳杳
[杳杳]
- deep and somber
- see also 窈窈 (yǎoyǎo)
yǎomíng
杳冥
[杳冥]
- dim and dusky
- far and indistinct
yǎo'ǎi
杳霭
[杳靄]
- far and deep
yǎorúhuánghè
杳如黄鹤
[杳如黃鶴]
- to be gone forever (idiom)
- to disappear without a trace
yǎowúrényān
杳无人烟
[杳無人煙]
- dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
- God-forsaken
yǎowúrénjì
杳无人迹
[杳無人跡]
- without trace of human presence
- uninhabited
- deserted
yǎowúxiāoxī
杳无消息
[杳無消息]
- see 杳無音信／杳无音信 (yǎowúyīnxìn)
yǎowúyīnxìn
杳无音信
[杳無音信]
- to have no news whatever
yànyǎoyúchén
雁杳鱼沉
[雁杳魚沈]
- without news from sb (idiom)
yúchényànyǎo
鱼沉雁杳
[魚沉雁杳]
- lit. the fish swam away into the depths, the goose vanished in the distance (idiom)
- fig. to have had no news (of sb who went away); to have lost contact