àn

archaic

Meaning of 暗码

暗码 means secret code used by shops to mark prices. Pronounced àn mǎ.

  • secret code used by shops to mark prices

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
jiā
lǎo
diàn
hái
yòng
àn
biāo
jià
 
zhǐ
yǒu
zhǎng
guì
de
kàn
de
dǒng
 

This old shop still uses a secret code to mark prices; only the shopkeeper can understand it.

 
 
xiě
chéng
 
dàn
 
 
dàng
zuò
àn
 

He wrote '旦' instead of '一' as the secret price code.

Zhè
zhǒng
àn
r
xiàn
zài
běn
jiàn
dào
le
 

This kind of shop code is basically never seen nowadays.

Huǒ
děi
xiān
xué
huì
kàn
àn
 
cái
néng
zhāo
rén
 

The shop assistant had to learn how to read the secret codes first before he could serve customers.

Measure Words

/ tào
Primary
/ zhǒng
/