阴曹

陰曹
yīncáo
  1. hell
  2. the inferno

CEDICT

俗称阴间的官府或阴间。人死后灵魂所进入的地方。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

=1 阴 yīn
  1. overcast (weather)
  2. cloudy
  3. shady
  4. Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang)
  5. negative (electric.)
  6. feminine
  7. moon
  8. implicit
  9. hidden
  10. genitalia
=1 阴 yīn variant of 阴 yīn
2 曹 cáo
  1. class or grade
  2. generation
  3. plaintiff and defendant (old)
  4. government department (old)

Containing this entry

赴阴曹 fùyīncáo to enter hell
阴曹地府 yīncáodìfǔ
  1. netherworld
  2. Kingdom of the Underworld
  3. Hades

Related entries

地府 dìfǔ
  1. hell
  2. the nether world
  3. Hades
地狱 dìyù
  1. hell
  2. infernal
  3. underworld
  4. (Buddhism) Naraka
地狱什么样？

What is hell like?

Source: Tatoeba

阴司 yīnsī
  1. hell
  2. nether world
冥府 míngfǔ
  1. underworld
  2. hell
幽冥 yōumíng
  1. dark
  2. hell
  3. netherworld
  4. hades