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
trad. (遮遮掩掩)		遮	遮	掩	掩
simp. #(遮遮掩掩)		遮	遮	掩	掩

Etymology

AABB-type reduplication of 遮掩 (zhēyǎn).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēzhēyǎnyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜ ㄓㄜ ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ ze¹ jim² jim²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēzhēyǎnyǎn [Phonetic: zhēzhēyányǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜ ㄓㄜ ㄧㄢˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhejheyǎnyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chê¹-chê¹-yen³-yen³
    • Yale: jē-jē-yǎn-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jejeyeanyean
    • Palladius: чжэчжэяньянь (čžɛčžɛjanʹjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze¹ ze¹ jim² jim²
    • Yale: jē jē yím yím
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ dze¹ jim² jim²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé¹ zé¹ yim² yim²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ jiːm³⁵ jiːm³⁵/

Idiom

遮遮掩掩

1. 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)
• (Hokkien) 掩掩揜揜