遮掩

Chinese

		cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide; to conceal	cover up; to surprise
trad. (遮掩)		遮	掩
simp. #(遮掩)		遮	掩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ jim²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia-iám / jia-iám / lia-iám

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēyǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jheyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chê¹-yen³
    • Yale: jē-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeyean
    • Palladius: чжэянь (čžɛjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze¹ jim²
    • Yale: jē yím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ jim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé¹ yim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ jiːm³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia-iám
    • Tâi-lô: tsia-iám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cia'iarm
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia³³ iam⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sia⁴⁴⁻²² iam⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jia-iám
    • Tâi-lô: jia-iám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jia'iarm
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zia⁴⁴⁻³³ iam⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia-iám
    • Tâi-lô: lia-iám
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lia'iarm
    • IPA (Taipei): /lia⁴⁴⁻³³ iam⁵³/

Verb

遮掩

1. to cover; to overspread; to envelop; to disguise
2. to cover up; to hide; to conceal

Synonyms

• (to cover up):

• 埋葬 (máizàng) (literary, figurative)
• 掩 (yǎn)
• 掩蓋／掩盖 (yǎngài) (figurative)
• 掩藏 (yǎncáng)
• 掩飾／掩饰 (yǎnshì)
• 文飾／文饰 (literary)
• 藏掖 (cángyē)
• 遮 (literary, or in compounds)
• 遮蓋／遮盖 (zhēgài)
• 隱匿／隐匿 (yǐnnì)
• 隱瞞／隐瞒 (yǐnmán)

 

Derived terms

• 遮遮掩掩 (zhēzhēyǎnyǎn)