"掩" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /jɛn²¹⁴/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiːm³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /am⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ɔm⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /ŋ̍⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /iam⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /am³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ɔm³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /ŋ̍³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /iam⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /am⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ɔm⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /ŋ̍⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /iam⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /am⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ɔm⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /ŋ̍⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /iam⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /am⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ɔm⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /ŋ̍⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /iam⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /iam⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /iaŋ⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /jɛn²¹⁴/, /jiːm³⁵/, /am⁴⁴/, /ɔm⁴⁴/, /ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /iam⁵³/, /am³³/, /ɔm³³/, /ŋ̍³³/, /iam⁵⁵⁴/, /am⁴⁴/, /ɔm⁴⁴/, /ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /iam⁵³/, /am⁴⁴/, /ɔm⁴⁴/, /ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /iam⁵³/, /am⁴⁴/, /ɔm⁴⁴/, /ŋ̍⁴⁴/, /iam⁴¹/, /iam⁵²/, /iaŋ⁵²/, /i³⁴/ Chinese transliterations: yǎn [Mandarin, Pinyin], yan³ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄧㄢˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], jim² [Cantonese, Jyutping], am [Hokkien, POJ], om [Hokkien, POJ], ng [Hokkien, POJ], iám [Hokkien, POJ], iam² [Peng'im, Teochew], iang² [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁵i, yǎn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yǎn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yen³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yǎn [Mandarin, Yale], yean [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], янь [Mandarin, Palladius], janʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], yím [Cantonese, Yale], jim² [Cantonese, Pinyin], yim² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], am [Hokkien, Tai-lo], om [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ng [Hokkien, Tai-lo], iám [Hokkien, Tai-lo], afm [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ofm [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], ngf [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], iarm [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], iám [POJ, Teochew], iáng [POJ, Teochew], ⁵i [Wu], i^去 [Wu], ²i [Wu], /i³⁴/ [Wu], 'jemX [Middle-Chinese], /*qromʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qromʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 奄 (OC *qromʔ). Etymology templates: {{m|zh|形聲|tr=-}} 形聲/形声, {{categorize|zh|Han phono-semantic compounds}}, {{liushu|psc|adj=|nocap=|pron=OC *qromʔ}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qromʔ), {{m|zh|手//|扌|hand|tr=-}} 扌 (“hand”), {{m|zh|奄//|||tr=<span style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help" title="Old Chinese">OC *qromʔ</span>}} 奄 (OC *qromʔ), {{Han compound|手|奄|alt1=扌|c1=s|c2=p|ls=psc|t1=hand}} Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qromʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 奄 (OC *qromʔ) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 掩
  1. to cover
    Sense id: en-掩-zh-character-HmfwMVjo
  2. to hide; to conceal; to cover up
    Sense id: en-掩-zh-character-EV-WaUCq Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 0 48 9 25 11 7
  3. to close; to shut
    Sense id: en-掩-zh-character-SuMQf2bJ
  4. (Cantonese) to close partially Tags: Cantonese
    Sense id: en-掩-zh-character-Q~HbcR9o Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Cantonese terms with collocations
  5. (colloquial) to get pinched; to get caught Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-掩-zh-character-ACAMLFJh
  6. (literary, or in compounds) to ambush Tags: in-compounds, literary
    Sense id: en-掩-zh-character-dk7SxmEW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 掩蔽 (yǎnbì) [usually] [military, war, government, politics], , , 蒙上 (méngshàng), 蔽障 (bìzhàng), 被覆 (bèifù), 遮蓋 (zhēgài), 遮盖 (zhēgài), 遮蔽 (zhēbì), 障蔽 (zhàngbì), 埋葬 (máizàng) [figuratively, literary], 掩蓋 (yǎngài) [figuratively], 掩盖 (yǎngài) [figuratively], 掩藏 (yǎncáng), 掩飾 (yǎnshì), 掩饰 (yǎnshì), 文飾 [literary], 文饰 [literary], 藏掖 (cángyē), [in-compounds, literary], 遮掩 (zhēyǎn), 隱匿 (yǐnnì), 隐匿 (yǐnnì), 隱瞞 (yǐnmán), 隐瞒 (yǐnmán) Derived forms: 兩葉掩目, 两叶掩目, 半掩半開, 半掩半开, 半開半掩, 半开半掩, 打掩護 (dǎyǎnhù), 打掩护 (dǎyǎnhù), 抉瑕掩瑜, 掩不住, 掩人耳目 (yǎnrén'ěrmù), 掩住, 掩入, 掩其不備, 掩其不备, 掩其無備, 掩其无备, 掩卷, 掩口, 掩口盧胡, 掩口卢胡, 掩口胡盧, 掩口胡卢, 掩咯雞, 掩咯鸡, 掩埋 (yǎnmái), 掩埋場, 掩埋场, 掩惡揚善, 掩恶扬善, 掩惡溢美, 掩恶溢美, 掩抑, 掩旗息鼓, 掩映, 掩星, 掩映生姿, 掩殺 (yǎnshā), 掩杀 (yǎnshā), 掩沒, 掩没, 掩泣, 掩涕, 掩淚, 掩泪, 掩瑕藏疾, 掩目捕雀 (yǎnmùbǔquè), 掩瞞, 掩瞒, 掩罪藏惡, 掩罪藏恶, 掩罪飾非, 掩罪饰非, 掩耳, 掩耳偷鈴, 掩耳偷铃, 掩耳盜鈴 (yǎn'ěrdàolíng), 掩耳盗铃 (yǎn'ěrdàolíng), 掩耳盜鐘, 掩耳盗钟, 掩耳而走, 掩蓋 (yǎngài), 掩盖 (yǎngài), 掩蔽 (yǎnbì), 掩蔽部 (yǎnbìbù), 掩藏 (yǎncáng), 掩袖, 掩襲 (yǎnxí), 掩袭 (yǎnxí), 掩護 (yǎnhù), 掩护 (yǎnhù), 掩護射擊, 掩护射击, 掩護部隊, 掩护部队, 掩賢妒善, 掩贤妒善, 掩門, 掩门, 掩閉 (yǎnbì), 掩闭 (yǎnbì), 掩雀捕蟬, 掩雀捕蝉, 掩面 (yǎnmiàn), 掩面失色, 掩飾 (yǎnshì), 掩饰 (yǎnshì), 掩骼埋胔, 掩體 (yǎntǐ), 掩体 (yǎntǐ), 掩鼻, 掩鼻偷香, 掩鼻而過, 掩鼻而过, 掩鼻蹙頞, 掩鼻蹙𱂨, 撲掩, 扑掩, 敷掩, 東掩西遮, 东掩西遮, 東遮西掩, 东遮西掩, 毫不掩飾, 毫不掩饰, 水來土掩, 水来土掩, 瑜不掩瑕, 瑕不掩瑜 (xiábùyǎnyú), 盜鈴掩耳, 盗铃掩耳, 盜鐘掩耳, 盗钟掩耳, 竊鐘掩耳, 窃钟掩耳, 胡撲掩, 胡扑掩, 花遮柳掩, 藏掩, 虛掩 (xūyǎn), 虚掩 (xūyǎn), 衛生掩埋, 卫生掩埋, 遮前掩後, 遮前掩后, 遮掩 (zhēyǎn), 遮遮掩掩 (zhēzhēyǎnyǎn), 難掩, 难掩

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "兩葉掩目"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "两叶掩目"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "半掩半開"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "半掩半开"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "半開半掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "半开半掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dǎyǎnhù",
      "word": "打掩護"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "dǎyǎnhù",
      "word": "打掩护"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "抉瑕掩瑜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩不住"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnrén'ěrmù",
      "word": "掩人耳目"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩住"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩入"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩其不備"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩其不备"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩其無備"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩其无备"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩卷"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩口"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩口盧胡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩口卢胡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩口胡盧"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩口胡卢"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩咯雞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩咯鸡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnmái",
      "word": "掩埋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩埋場"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩埋场"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩惡揚善"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩恶扬善"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩惡溢美"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩恶溢美"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩抑"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩旗息鼓"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩映"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩星"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩映生姿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnshā",
      "word": "掩殺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnshā",
      "word": "掩杀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩沒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩没"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩泣"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩涕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩淚"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩泪"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩瑕藏疾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnmùbǔquè",
      "word": "掩目捕雀"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩瞞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩瞒"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩罪藏惡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩罪藏恶"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩罪飾非"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩罪饰非"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩耳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩耳偷鈴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩耳偷铃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎn'ěrdàolíng",
      "word": "掩耳盜鈴"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎn'ěrdàolíng",
      "word": "掩耳盗铃"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩耳盜鐘"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩耳盗钟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩耳而走"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎngài",
      "word": "掩蓋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎngài",
      "word": "掩盖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnbì",
      "word": "掩蔽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnbìbù",
      "word": "掩蔽部"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎncáng",
      "word": "掩藏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩袖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnxí",
      "word": "掩襲"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnxí",
      "word": "掩袭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnhù",
      "word": "掩護"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnhù",
      "word": "掩护"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩護射擊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩护射击"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩護部隊"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩护部队"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩賢妒善"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩贤妒善"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩門"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩门"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnbì",
      "word": "掩閉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnbì",
      "word": "掩闭"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩雀捕蟬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩雀捕蝉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnmiàn",
      "word": "掩面"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩面失色"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnshì",
      "word": "掩飾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnshì",
      "word": "掩饰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩骼埋胔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎntǐ",
      "word": "掩體"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎntǐ",
      "word": "掩体"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩鼻"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩鼻偷香"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩鼻而過"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩鼻而过"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩鼻蹙頞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "掩鼻蹙𱂨"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "撲掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "扑掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "敷掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "東掩西遮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "东掩西遮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "東遮西掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "东遮西掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "毫不掩飾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "毫不掩饰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "水來土掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "水来土掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "瑜不掩瑕"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiábùyǎnyú",
      "word": "瑕不掩瑜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "盜鈴掩耳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "盗铃掩耳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "盜鐘掩耳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "盗钟掩耳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "竊鐘掩耳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "窃钟掩耳"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "胡撲掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "胡扑掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "花遮柳掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "藏掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xūyǎn",
      "word": "虛掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xūyǎn",
      "word": "虚掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "衛生掩埋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "卫生掩埋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "遮前掩後"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "遮前掩后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēyǎn",
      "word": "遮掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēzhēyǎnyǎn",
      "word": "遮遮掩掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "難掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "难掩"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "អៀម",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: អៀម (ʼiəm)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: អៀម (ʼiəm)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "เอี๊ยม",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: เอี๊ยม (íiam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: เอี๊ยม (íiam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "yếm",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Vietnamese: yếm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Vietnamese: yếm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *qromʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qromʔ)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "手//",
        "3": "扌",
        "4": "hand",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "扌 (“hand”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "奄//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *qromʔ</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "奄 (OC *qromʔ)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "手",
        "2": "奄",
        "alt1": "扌",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "hand"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qromʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 奄 (OC *qromʔ)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qromʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 奄 (OC *qromʔ).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "掩",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cover"
      ],
      "id": "en-掩-zh-character-HmfwMVjo",
      "links": [
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 48 9 25 11 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hide; to conceal; to cover up"
      ],
      "id": "en-掩-zh-character-EV-WaUCq",
      "links": [
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "conceal",
          "conceal"
        ],
        [
          "cover up",
          "cover up"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Under] the autumn lamp, [I] shut my book and think to the ages past",
          "ref": "秋燈掩卷懷千古 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "秋灯掩卷怀千古 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 1910, 黃玹 (Hwang Hyeon), 《絶命詩》 (Poem on ending one's life), 《梅泉集》\nqiū dēng yǎn juǎn huái qiāngǔ [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to close; to shut"
      ],
      "id": "en-掩-zh-character-SuMQf2bJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "shut",
          "shut"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "掩埋度門/掩埋度门 [Cantonese] ― jim² maai⁴ dou⁶ mun⁴ [Jyutping] ― to close the door partially"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to close partially"
      ],
      "id": "en-掩-zh-character-Q~HbcR9o",
      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "partially",
          "partially"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to close partially"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to get pinched; to get caught"
      ],
      "id": "en-掩-zh-character-ACAMLFJh",
      "links": [
        [
          "pinch",
          "pinch"
        ],
        [
          "caught",
          "caught"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to get pinched; to get caught"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to ambush"
      ],
      "id": "en-掩-zh-character-dk7SxmEW",
      "links": [
        [
          "ambush",
          "ambush"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, or in compounds) to ambush"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jim²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "am"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "om"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iam²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iang²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵i"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yean"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "янь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "janʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yím"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jim²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yim²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːm³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "am"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "om"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "afm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ofm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngf"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iarm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iáng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iaŋ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵i"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²i"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/i³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'jemX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*qromʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ om /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːm³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ om /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iaŋ⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*qromʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnbì",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "掩蔽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "擋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "挡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "méngshàng",
      "word": "蒙上"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bìzhàng",
      "word": "蔽障"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bèifù",
      "word": "被覆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēgài",
      "word": "遮蓋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēgài",
      "word": "遮盖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēbì",
      "word": "遮蔽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhàngbì",
      "word": "障蔽"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "máizàng",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "埋葬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎngài",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "掩蓋"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎngài",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "掩盖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎncáng",
      "word": "掩藏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnshì",
      "word": "掩飾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǎnshì",
      "word": "掩饰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "文飾"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "文饰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "cángyē",
      "word": "藏掖"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "遮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhēyǎn",
      "word": "遮掩"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǐnnì",
      "word": "隱匿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǐnnì",
      "word": "隐匿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǐnmán",
      "word": "隱瞞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǐnmán",
      "word": "隐瞒"
    }
  ],
  "word": "掩"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Advanced Mandarin",
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Chinese verbs",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "兩葉掩目"
    },
    {
      "word": "两叶掩目"
    },
    {
      "word": "半掩半開"
    },
    {
      "word": "半掩半开"
    },
    {
      "word": "半開半掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "半开半掩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎyǎnhù",
      "word": "打掩護"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dǎyǎnhù",
      "word": "打掩护"
    },
    {
      "word": "抉瑕掩瑜"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩不住"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnrén'ěrmù",
      "word": "掩人耳目"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩住"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩入"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩其不備"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩其不备"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩其無備"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩其无备"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩卷"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩口"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩口盧胡"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩口卢胡"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩口胡盧"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩口胡卢"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩咯雞"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩咯鸡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnmái",
      "word": "掩埋"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩埋場"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩埋场"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩惡揚善"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩恶扬善"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩惡溢美"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩恶溢美"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩抑"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩旗息鼓"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩映"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩星"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩映生姿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnshā",
      "word": "掩殺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnshā",
      "word": "掩杀"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩沒"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩没"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩泣"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩涕"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩淚"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩泪"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩瑕藏疾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnmùbǔquè",
      "word": "掩目捕雀"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩瞞"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩瞒"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩罪藏惡"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩罪藏恶"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩罪飾非"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩罪饰非"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩耳"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩耳偷鈴"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩耳偷铃"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎn'ěrdàolíng",
      "word": "掩耳盜鈴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎn'ěrdàolíng",
      "word": "掩耳盗铃"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩耳盜鐘"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩耳盗钟"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩耳而走"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎngài",
      "word": "掩蓋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎngài",
      "word": "掩盖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnbì",
      "word": "掩蔽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnbìbù",
      "word": "掩蔽部"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎncáng",
      "word": "掩藏"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩袖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnxí",
      "word": "掩襲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnxí",
      "word": "掩袭"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnhù",
      "word": "掩護"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnhù",
      "word": "掩护"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩護射擊"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩护射击"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩護部隊"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩护部队"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩賢妒善"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩贤妒善"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩門"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩门"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnbì",
      "word": "掩閉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnbì",
      "word": "掩闭"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩雀捕蟬"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩雀捕蝉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnmiàn",
      "word": "掩面"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩面失色"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnshì",
      "word": "掩飾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnshì",
      "word": "掩饰"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩骼埋胔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎntǐ",
      "word": "掩體"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎntǐ",
      "word": "掩体"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩鼻"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩鼻偷香"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩鼻而過"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩鼻而过"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩鼻蹙頞"
    },
    {
      "word": "掩鼻蹙𱂨"
    },
    {
      "word": "撲掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "扑掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "敷掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "東掩西遮"
    },
    {
      "word": "东掩西遮"
    },
    {
      "word": "東遮西掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "东遮西掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "毫不掩飾"
    },
    {
      "word": "毫不掩饰"
    },
    {
      "word": "水來土掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "水来土掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "瑜不掩瑕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiábùyǎnyú",
      "word": "瑕不掩瑜"
    },
    {
      "word": "盜鈴掩耳"
    },
    {
      "word": "盗铃掩耳"
    },
    {
      "word": "盜鐘掩耳"
    },
    {
      "word": "盗钟掩耳"
    },
    {
      "word": "竊鐘掩耳"
    },
    {
      "word": "窃钟掩耳"
    },
    {
      "word": "胡撲掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "胡扑掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "花遮柳掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "藏掩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xūyǎn",
      "word": "虛掩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xūyǎn",
      "word": "虚掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "衛生掩埋"
    },
    {
      "word": "卫生掩埋"
    },
    {
      "word": "遮前掩後"
    },
    {
      "word": "遮前掩后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēyǎn",
      "word": "遮掩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēzhēyǎnyǎn",
      "word": "遮遮掩掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "難掩"
    },
    {
      "word": "难掩"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "km",
            "2": "អៀម",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Khmer: អៀម (ʼiəm)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Khmer: អៀម (ʼiəm)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "th",
            "2": "เอี๊ยม",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: เอี๊ยม (íiam)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: เอี๊ยม (íiam)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "yếm",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Vietnamese: yếm",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Vietnamese: yếm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "形聲",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "形聲/形声",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "Han phono-semantic compounds"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "psc",
        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": "OC *qromʔ"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qromʔ)",
      "name": "liushu"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "手//",
        "3": "扌",
        "4": "hand",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "扌 (“hand”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "奄//",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "tr": "<span style=\"border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; cursor:help\" title=\"Old Chinese\">OC *qromʔ</span>"
      },
      "expansion": "奄 (OC *qromʔ)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "手",
        "2": "奄",
        "alt1": "扌",
        "c1": "s",
        "c2": "p",
        "ls": "psc",
        "t1": "hand"
      },
      "expansion": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qromʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 奄 (OC *qromʔ)",
      "name": "Han compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qromʔ) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 奄 (OC *qromʔ).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "掩",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to cover"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hide; to conceal; to cover up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "conceal",
          "conceal"
        ],
        [
          "cover up",
          "cover up"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[Under] the autumn lamp, [I] shut my book and think to the ages past",
          "ref": "秋燈掩卷懷千古 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "秋灯掩卷怀千古 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 1910, 黃玹 (Hwang Hyeon), 《絶命詩》 (Poem on ending one's life), 《梅泉集》\nqiū dēng yǎn juǎn huái qiāngǔ [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to close; to shut"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "shut",
          "shut"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese Chinese",
        "Cantonese terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "掩埋度門/掩埋度门 [Cantonese] ― jim² maai⁴ dou⁶ mun⁴ [Jyutping] ― to close the door partially"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to close partially"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "partially",
          "partially"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Cantonese) to close partially"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese colloquialisms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to get pinched; to get caught"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pinch",
          "pinch"
        ],
        [
          "caught",
          "caught"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) to get pinched; to get caught"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ambush"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ambush",
          "ambush"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, or in compounds) to ambush"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jim²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "am"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "om"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iam²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iang²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁵i"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yen³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yean"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "янь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "janʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn²¹⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yím"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jim²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yim²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːm³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "am"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "om"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "afm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ofm"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ngf"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iarm"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iám"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iáng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iaŋ⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁵i"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "²i"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/i³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "'jemX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*qromʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ om /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɛn²¹⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːm³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ om /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/am⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔm⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋ̍⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iam⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iaŋ⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i³⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*qromʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yǎnbì",
      "tags": [
        "usually"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "掩蔽"
    },
    {
      "word": "擋"
    },
    {
      "word": "挡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "méngshàng",
      "word": "蒙上"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bìzhàng",
      "word": "蔽障"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bèifù",
      "word": "被覆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēgài",
      "word": "遮蓋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēgài",
      "word": "遮盖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēbì",
      "word": "遮蔽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhàngbì",
      "word": "障蔽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "máizàng",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "埋葬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎngài",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "掩蓋"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎngài",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "掩盖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎncáng",
      "word": "掩藏"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnshì",
      "word": "掩飾"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǎnshì",
      "word": "掩饰"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "文飾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "文饰"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cángyē",
      "word": "藏掖"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "遮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhēyǎn",
      "word": "遮掩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐnnì",
      "word": "隱匿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐnnì",
      "word": "隐匿"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐnmán",
      "word": "隱瞞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐnmán",
      "word": "隐瞒"
    }
  ],
  "word": "掩"
}
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