掩掩揜揜

Chinese

		cover up; to surprise	cover up; to surprise	cover up; to surprise	cover up; to surprise
trad. (掩掩揜揜)		掩	掩	揜	揜
simp. #(掩掩揜揜)		掩	掩	揜	揜
alternative forms		搵搵挹挹／揾揾挹挹

Etymology

AABB-type reduplication of 掩揜.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ng-ng-iap-iap / uiⁿ-uiⁿ-iap-iap

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ng-ng-iap-iap
    • Tâi-lô: ng-ng-iap-iap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngng'iap'iab
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋ̍³³ ŋ̍³³ iap̚⁵⁻²⁴ iap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ iap̚³²⁻⁴ iap̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² ŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² iap̚³²⁻⁴ iap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: uiⁿ-uiⁿ-iap-iap
    • Tâi-lô: uinn-uinn-iap-iap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: vui'vui'iap'iab
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ⁴⁴⁻²² uĩ⁴⁴⁻²² iap̚³²⁻⁵ iap̚³²/

Adjective

掩掩揜揜

1. (Southern Min) secretive; furtive; stealthy

   • 伊讓你過　不願心事掩掩揜揜　講無話 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     伊让你过　不愿心事掩掩揜揜　讲无话 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2016, 黃妃 (Huang Fei), 離緣

     i niū lí kòe, 毋-goān sim-sū -ng-ng-iap-iap, kóng bô ōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 遮遮掩掩 (zhēzhēyǎnyǎn)
• 偷偷摸摸 (tōutōumōmō)
• 捂捂蓋蓋／捂捂盖盖 (wǔwǔgàigài)