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遮掩

遮掩

Chinese

		cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide; to conceal	cover up; to surprise
simp. and trad. (遮掩)		遮	掩

Verb

遮掩

to cover; to overspread; to envelop; to disguise
to cover up; to hide; to conceal

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhēyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ jim²
Min Nan (POJ): chia-iám / jia-iám / lia-iám

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēyǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeyean
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze¹ jim²
  - Yale: jē yím
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ jim²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ jiːm³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia-iám
  - Tâi-lô: tsia-iám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciaiarm
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕia³³ iam⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕia⁴⁴⁻²² iam⁵³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕia⁴⁴⁻²² iam⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jia-iám
  - Tâi-lô: jia-iám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jiaiarm
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /d͡ʑia⁴⁴⁻³³ iam⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia-iám
  - Tâi-lô: lia-iám
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaiarm
  - IPA (Taipei): /lia⁴⁴⁻³³ iam⁵³/