掩護

See also: 掩护

Chinese

		cover up; to surprise	protect
trad. (掩護)		掩	護
simp. (掩护)		掩	护

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎnhù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim² wu⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): iám-hō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): iam² hu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnhù
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-hu⁴
    • Yale: yǎn-hù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanhuh
    • Palladius: яньху (janʹxu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim² wu⁶
    • Yale: yím wuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim² wu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim² wu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵ wuː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iám-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: iám-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafmho
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: iam² hu⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iám hŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iam⁵²⁻³⁵ hu³⁵/

Verb

掩護

1. to cover; to protect
2. to provide covering fire

Synonyms

• (to protect):

• 保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 保庇 (Hokkien)
• 保護／保护 (bǎohù)
• 保障 (bǎozhàng)
• 堅持／坚持 (jiānchí)
• 維持／维持 (wéichí)
• 維護／维护 (wéihù)
• 蔽護／蔽护 (bìhù) (literary)
• 護／护 (hù) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Noun

掩護

1. cover; protection
2. covering fire

Japanese

Kanji in this term
掩	護
えん Hyōgaiji	ご Grade: 5
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 掩護 – see the following entry.

【援護えんご】 [noun] covering; protection; backing; relief [verb] to cover for someone; to provide backup

(This term, 掩護, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)