捂捂蓋蓋 in Chinese

IPA: /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ̯⁵¹/ Chinese transliterations: wǔwǔgàigài [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨˇ ㄨˇ ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄞˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wǔwǔgàigài [Phonetic:wúwǔgàigài] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄨˇ ㄨˇ ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄞˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], wǔwǔgàigài [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], wu³-wu³-kai⁴-kai⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], wǔ-wǔ-gài-gài [Mandarin, Yale, standard], wuuwuugaygay [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], уугайгай [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], uugajgaj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard] Forms: 捂捂盖盖 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 捂捂蓋蓋

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "捂捂盖盖",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "捂捂蓋蓋",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be secretive; to attempt to cover something up or hide away"
      ],
      "id": "en-捂捂蓋蓋-zh-phrase-Dr~U~Cwp",
      "links": [
        [
          "secretive",
          "secretive"
        ],
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "cover something up",
          "cover up"
        ],
        [
          "hide away",
          "hide away"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "zhēzhēyǎnyǎn",
          "word": "遮遮掩掩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cángcángyēyē",
          "word": "藏藏掖掖"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "掩掩揜揜"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǔwǔgàigài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˇ ㄨˇ ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǔwǔgàigài [Phonetic:wúwǔgàigài]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˇ ㄨˇ ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǔwǔgàigài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu³-wu³-kai⁴-kai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǔ-wǔ-gài-gài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuuwuugaygay"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "уугайгай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uugajgaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: wúwǔgàigài]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ̯⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "捂捂蓋蓋"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "捂捂盖盖",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "捂捂蓋蓋",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 捂",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 蓋",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be secretive; to attempt to cover something up or hide away"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "secretive",
          "secretive"
        ],
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "cover something up",
          "cover up"
        ],
        [
          "hide away",
          "hide away"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǔwǔgàigài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˇ ㄨˇ ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǔwǔgàigài [Phonetic:wúwǔgàigài]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨˇ ㄨˇ ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǔwǔgàigài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wu³-wu³-kai⁴-kai⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wǔ-wǔ-gài-gài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wuuwuugaygay"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "уугайгай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uugajgaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: wúwǔgàigài]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ̯⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zhēzhēyǎnyǎn",
      "word": "遮遮掩掩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cángcángyēyē",
      "word": "藏藏掖掖"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "掩掩揜揜"
    }
  ],
  "word": "捂捂蓋蓋"
}

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"捂捂蓋蓋" meaning in Chinese

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