遮遮掩掩

Chinese

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

Etymology

AABB-type reduplication of 遮掩 (zhēyǎn).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēzhēyǎnyǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜㄓㄜㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ ze¹ jim² jim²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēzhēyǎnyǎn [Phonetic: zhēzhēyányǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜㄓㄜㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jejeyeanyean
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ i̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze¹ ze¹ jim² jim²
  - Yale: jē jē yím yím
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ dze¹ jim² jim²
  - Guangdong Romanization: zé¹ zé¹ yim² yim²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ jiːm³⁵ jiːm³⁵/

Idiom

遮遮掩掩

to be secretive; to attempt to cover something up or hide away

Synonyms

藏藏掖掖 (cángcángyēyē)
捂捂蓋蓋／捂捂盖盖 (wǔwǔgàigài)
(Min Nan) 掩掩揜揜

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