掩蓋

See also: 掩盖

Chinese

		cover up; to surprise	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build
trad. (掩蓋)		掩	蓋
simp. (掩盖)		掩	盖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎngài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim² goi³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iám-kài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎngài
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎngài
    • Wade–Giles: yen³-kai⁴
    • Yale: yǎn-gài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangay
    • Palladius: яньгай (janʹgaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ kaɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim² goi³
    • Yale: yím goi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim² goi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim² goi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵ kɔːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iám-kài
    • Tâi-lô: iám-kài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iafmkaix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kai⁴¹/

Verb

掩蓋

1. to cover
2. (figurative) to cover up; to conceal

   掩蓋醜聞／掩盖丑闻  ―  yǎngài chǒuwén  ―  to cover up a scandal

Synonyms

• (to cover):

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• 包圍／包围 (bāowéi)
• 塕埃 (Min Nan)
• 彌漫／弥漫 (mímàn)
• 籠罩／笼罩 (lǒngzhào)
• 網／网 (wǎng)
• 覆蓋／覆盖 (fùgài)

 

• (to cover up):

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