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遮羞

遮羞

Chinese

		cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide; to conceal	shy; ashamed; shame shy; ashamed; shame; bashful
simp. and trad. (遮羞)		遮	羞

Verb

遮羞

to hush up a scandal; to cover up one's embarrassment

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhēxiū

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜㄒㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ sau¹
Min Nan (POJ): chia-siu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēxiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜㄒㄧㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeshiou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze¹ sau¹
  - Yale: jē sāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ sau¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia-siu
  - Tâi-lô: tsia-siu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciasiw
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia³³ ɕiu³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia⁴⁴⁻²² ɕiu⁴⁴/