捂捂蓋蓋

Chinese

		to cover; to block; to resist	to cover; to block; to resist	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build
trad. (捂捂蓋蓋)		捂	捂	蓋	蓋
simp. (捂捂盖盖)		捂	捂	盖	盖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wǔwǔgàigài

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˇ ㄨˇ ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wǔwǔgàigài [Phonetic: wúwǔgàigài]
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˇ ㄨˇ ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wǔwǔgàigài
    • Wade–Giles: wu³-wu³-kai⁴-kai⁴
    • Yale: wǔ-wǔ-gài-gài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuuwuugaygay
    • Palladius: уугайгай (uugajgaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u²¹⁴⁻³⁵ u²¹⁴⁻²¹ kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ kaɪ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

捂捂蓋蓋

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

Synonyms

• 遮遮掩掩 (zhēzhēyǎnyǎn)
• 藏藏掖掖 (cángcángyēyē)
• (Hokkien) 掩掩揜揜