掩

to cover up (with a hand); to ambush, to conceal; to shut; to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc); (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid; (literary) to launch a surprise attack

Strokes
11
Pinyin
yǎn

Parts

Words with 掩

  1. 掩卷yǎn juàn · yanjuan(literary) to close the book (after a reading session)
  2. 掩埋yǎn mái · yanmaito bury
  3. 掩映yǎn yìng · yanyinghidden from view; alternately hidden and visible; setting off each other
  4. 掩杀yǎn shā · yanshato make a surprise attack; to pounce on (an enemy)
  5. 掩码yǎn mǎ · yanma(computing) mask
  6. 掩耳yǎn ěr · yanerto refuse to listen
  7. 掩盖yǎn gài · yangaito conceal; to hide behind; to cover up
  8. 掩蔽yǎn bì · yanbishelter; screen; cover; protection
  9. 掩藏yǎn cáng · yancanghidden; covered; concealed
  10. 掩护yǎn hù · yanhuto screen; to shield; to cover
  11. 掩饰yǎn shì · yanshito cover up; to conceal; to mask
  12. 掩体yǎn tǐ · yantibunker (military)
  13. 虚掩xū yǎn · xuyanto partially obscure; (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked; (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned
  14. 遮掩zhē yǎn · zheyanto cover; to mask; to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
  15. 后掩蔽hòu yǎn bì · houyanbibackward masking
  16. 掩样法yǎn yàng fǎ · yanyangfaillusion
  17. 不加掩饰bù jiā yǎn shì · bujiayanshiundisguised
  18. 掩人耳目yǎn rén ěr mù · yanrenermuto fool people (idiom); to pull the wool over people's eyes
  19. 掩耳盗铃yǎn ěr dào líng · yanerdaolinglit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
  20. 掩面而泣yǎn miàn ér qì · yanmianerqito bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
  21. 东掩西遮dōng yǎn xī zhē · dongyanxizheto cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)
  22. 瑕不掩瑜xiá bù yǎn yú · xiabuyanyulit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster; the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)
  23. 遮遮掩掩zhē zhē yǎn yǎn · zhezheyanyanto be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)
  24. 兵来将挡,水来土掩bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn · binglaijiangdang,shuilaituyancounter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences