藏藏掖掖

Chinese

		storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate	storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate	tuck (in)	tuck (in)
trad. (藏藏掖掖)		藏	藏	掖	掖
simp. #(藏藏掖掖)		藏	藏	掖	掖

Etymology

AABB-type reduplication of 藏掖 (cángyē).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cángcángyēyē

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤˊ ㄘㄤˊ ㄧㄝ ㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong⁴ cong⁴ jik⁶ jik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cángcángyēyē
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤˊ ㄘㄤˊ ㄧㄝ ㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cángcángyeye
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang²-tsʻang²-yeh¹-yeh¹
    • Yale: tsáng-tsáng-yē-yē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarngtsarngieie
    • Palladius: цанцанъее (cancanʺjeje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ jɛ⁵⁵ jɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong⁴ cong⁴ jik⁶ jik⁶
    • Yale: chòhng chòhng yihk yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong⁴ tsong⁴ jik⁹ jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong⁴ cong⁴ yig⁶ yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ jɪk̚² jɪk̚²/

Idiom

藏藏掖掖

1. to attempt to cover something up

Synonyms

• 捂捂蓋蓋／捂捂盖盖 (wǔwǔgàigài)
• 遮遮掩掩 (zhēzhēyǎnyǎn)