捉迷藏

Chinese

		to clutch; to grab; to capture	hide and seek
trad. (捉迷藏)		捉	迷藏
simp. #(捉迷藏)		捉	迷藏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhuō mícáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄛ ㄇㄧˊ ㄘㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): zo² mi² cang²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ mai⁴ cong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuō mícáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄛ ㄇㄧˊ ㄘㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuo mícáng
    • Wade–Giles: cho¹ mi²-tsʻang²
    • Yale: jwō mí-tsáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juo mitsarng
    • Palladius: чжо мицан (čžo mican)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mi³⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: zo² mi² cang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: zo mi cang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so²¹ mi²¹ t͡sʰaŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ mai⁴ cong⁴
    • Yale: jūk màih chòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ mai⁴ tsong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ mei⁴ cong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ mɐi̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹/

Verb

捉迷藏

1. to play hide-and-seek
2. to play blind man's buff
3. (figurative) to beat around the bush; to give an elusive answer

Synonyms

• (to play hide-and-seek; to play blind man's bluff):

Dialectal synonyms of 捉迷藏 (“(to play) hide-and-seek or blind man's buff”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		捉迷藏
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		捉迷藏
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	藏貓兒, 藏貓貓兒, 藏蒙哥兒, 藏蒙兒, 藏悶兒, 摸老瞎
	Taiwan	捉迷藏, 躲迷藏
	Langfang	藏蒙根兒
	Harbin	藏媽乎兒, 藏貓兒, 藏貓貓兒, 抓瞎乎兒
	Singapore	捉迷藏
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	藏貓兒
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	藏蒙個兒, 蒙瞎子, 逮瞎蒙, 蒙瞎瞎
	Tangshan	藏貓貓兒
	Cangzhou	藏摸兒摸兒
	Baoding	藏悶兒老
	Shijiazhuang	藏摸摸
	Jinan	藏貓乎, 摸瞎 ‡
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	打瞎呼兒 ‡
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	藏悶兒悶兒, 藏老悶兒, 藏貓虎兒
	Daming	當藏母兒
	Wanrong	訪馬武 †, 捂瞎貓 ‡
	Xi'an	藏蒙兒, 逮蒙兒, 藏貓兒 †, 瞎子逮跛子 ‡
	Xining	藏麻麻胡兒
	Xuzhou	藏老夢兒夢兒 †, 藏找夢兒夢兒 †, 摸瞎兒 ‡
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	藏蒙蒙 ‡, 藏老蒙 ‡, 躲蒙蒙 ‡, 躲老蒙 ‡
	Lanzhou	蒙蒙藏藏, 藏藏蒙蒙
	Ürümqi	藏麻麻兒猴兒
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	逮貓兒 †, 藏貓兒 †, 捉迷藏 †, 瞎子摸團魚 ‡, 瞎子摸魚 ‡
	Wuhan	躲貓 †
	Guiyang	躲貓貓 †, 蒙貓貓 ‡
	Kunming	躲貓貓
	Guilin	蒙涼搶 dated
	Liuzhou	蒙蒙躲, 蒙蒙藏, 躲蒙蒙藏, 瞎子摸魚 ‡
	Nanning (Wuming)	躲貓貓
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	躲貓貓, 蒙貓貓 ‡, 捉迷藏 ‡
	Yangzhou	躲迷迷 †, 躲蒙蒙 †, 躲牆迷迷 †, 躲牆躲牆迷迷 †, 摸瞎子 ‡
	Nantong	躲貓兒尋
	Hefei	藏貓, 藏貓子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	伏匿匿 †, 捉匿匿 †, 捉伊人 ‡, 摸盲盲 ‡, 耍盲盲 ‡, 捉盲盲 ‡
	Hong Kong	捉伊人 †, 伏匿匿 †, 耍盲雞 ‡
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	耍盲雞
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	揞盲雞, 捉盲雞
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	摸盲雞
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	摸盲仔
	Macau	捉伊人
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	捉伊人
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	匿盲絲雞
	Foshan	捉伊人
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	捉迷藏
	Foshan (Shunde)	捉伊人
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	捉迷藏
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	捉伊人
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	暗暗暗
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	捉豬舟
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	耍盲公
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	耍盲公
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	耍盲公
	Taishan	耍盲公, 伏雞, 捉匿雞, 匿雞, 點火水匿雞
	Kaiping (Chikan)	耍盲公
	Enping (Niujiang)	耍盲公
	Heshan (Yayao)	捉人仔
	Dongguan	打尋 †, 捉人 ‡, 捉盲公 ‡, 摸屎盲兒 ‡
	Yangjiang	做揞伏, 走挹
	Nanning	躲雞
	Wuzhou	伏雞蒙
	Yulin	收迷窿
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	搞柄柄
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	捉伊人
Gan	Nanchang	蒙蒙躲躲
	Lichuan	捉暗摸婆婆
	Pingxiang	尋躲摒仔 †, 尋摒躲摒 †, 捉蒙蒙狗 ‡
Hakka	Meixian	摒人仔, 伏人仔, 捉人仔, 摸人仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	捉人
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	摒人
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	揞目, 摒扶
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	暗暗伏
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	捉人仔
	Yudu	拉蒙 ‡
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	囥人尋, 賭人尋, 揞眯摸目仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	摒人尋, 揞目摒目, 揞目摒窟仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	囥人尋, 囥尋仔, 揞目眯仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	囥人尋, 揞眯摸
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	囥人尋, 揞摸目仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	藏膨嬰, 尋妖精, 點妖精, 點膨嬰
	Hong Kong	摒人子
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	捉迷藏
Huizhou	Jixi	躲貓貓 †, 尋縮 †, 摸命王 ‡, 揞垃圾 ‡
Jin	Taiyuan	藏貓貓, 藏蒙蒙
	Xinzhou	藏迷迷 †, 瞎子逮拐子 ‡
	Zhangjiakou	藏老蒙兒
	Handan	藏老蒙兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	拿角猴, 儲角猴 †
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	躃躃搦, 板板搦, 屈屈搦, 掩風掩大目 †, 摸魚摸蝦 ‡
	Fuqing	掩摸摸, 去覕
Southern Min	Xiamen	覕相揣, 覕咯雞, 掩呼雞, 掩青盲公, 奕救國
	Quanzhou	覕揣, 掩呼雞
	Jinjiang	覕揣
	Yongchun	掩呼雞
	Zhangzhou	覕相揣, 覕踮揣, 掩呼雞, 奕救國
	Taipei	掩咯家
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	覕頷喓
	Kaohsiung	掩咯雞
	Yilan	掩咯雞, 踮相揣, 踮喓
	Changhua (Lukang)	掩咯家, 走相覕
	Taichung	掩苦雞, 覕相揣, 掩咯雞
	Taichung (Wuqi)	走相覕
	Tainan	掩咯雞, 覕相揣, 踮貓
	Taitung	覕相揣
	Hsinchu	掩苦雞, 踮貓
	Kinmen	掩苦雞, 覕相揣
	Penghu (Magong)	掩咯家, 覕相揣
	Singapore (Hokkien)	覕相揣 †, 掩呼雞 ‡
	Chaozhou	踮揣, 走踮
	Shantou	捉迷藏
	Jieyang	踮揣, 蒙目蝦
	Puning	覕相揣
	Pontianak (Teochew)	相藏
	Leizhou	逃覓
	Haikou	做逃覓 †
Puxian Min	Putian	覕𢶀, 青盲妖, 㧢青盲妖, 㧢目𢶀, 走覕
	Xianyou	覕𢶀, 青盲妖, 搦青盲妖
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	躲雞 †, 揞雞兒盲 †, 捉雞兒盲 †, 捉雞 ‡, 摸兒盲 ‡
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	捉迷藏
Wu	Shanghai	𨒃野貓 †, 𨒃野貓貓 †, 捉野貓 ‡, 捉猛猛 ‡
	Shanghai (Chongming)	摸花蚌 †, 摸昏蚌 †, 𨒃野貓 ‡
	Suzhou	𨒃猛猛 †, 捉猛猛 ‡
	Wuxi	𨒃羊模模 †
	Danyang	躲摸摸, 躲貓貓, 躲貓
	Hangzhou	躲貓貓果兒 †, 摸摸兒 ‡
	Ningbo	尋幽貓 †, 搶窠幽貓 †, 摸暗子 ‡
	Wenzhou	縮尋 †, 縮樁兒 †, 縮縮兒 †, 縮起尋 †, 瞞樁兒 ‡, 摸樁兒 ‡, 摸摸兒 ‡
	Lishui	來掩尋 †
	Jinhua	揢貓兒 †, 躲貓兒 †, 藏貓兒 †, 摸盲兒 ‡, 摸貓兒 ‡
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	摸烏盲兒 ‡
Xiang	Changsha	尋躲子 †, 躲摸子 ‡, 捉摸子 ‡, 玩摸子 ‡
	Loudi	捉摸子
	Shuangfeng	捉摸子
	Quanzhou	藏蒙倒 †
Note	† - hide-and-seek; ‡ - blind man's buff

Noun

捉迷藏

1. hide-and-seek
2. blind man's buff