Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- yǎn
English
- to cover (with the hand)
- to cover up; to conceal
- to close or shut partially
- to cover; to hide
- shut, conceal
- to close (a door, book etc)
- ambush
- (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid
- (literary) to launch a surprise attack
粵語
- 唔完全咁閂埋
- 遮蔽；遮蓋；隱藏
Variants
Words containing 掩
- 掩飾jim2 sik1
to cover up
- 掩蓋jim2 goi3
to conceal
- 掩護jim2 wu6
to screen
- 遮掩ze1 jim2
to cover
- 掩體jim2 tai2
bunker (military)
- 小掩siu2 jim2
love handles
- 掩門jim2 mun4
hinged door
- 掩殺jim2 saat3
to make a surprise attack
- 掩碼jim2 maa5
(computing) mask
- 補掩bou2 jim2
to patch up
- 蟹掩haai5 jim2
crab shell
- 掩口費jim2 hau2 fai3
noun; hush money
- 掩埋jim2 maai4
to bury
- 掩人耳目jim2 jan4 ji5 muk6
to fool people (idiom)
- 掩藏jim2 cong4
hidden
- 掩耳jim2 ji5
to refuse to listen
- 掩卷jim2 gyun2
(literary) to close the book (after a reading session)
- 虛掩heoi1 jim2
to partially obscure
- 掩眼法jim2 ngaan5 faat3
camouflage; deceptive trick
- 掩樣法jim2 joeng6 faat3
illusion
- 掩映jim2 jing2
hidden from view
- 掩蔽jim2 bai3
shelter; screen; cover; protection
- 不加掩飾bat1 gaa1 jim2 sik1
undisguised
- 冇掩雞籠mou5 jim2 gai1 lung4
wide open; unguarded; free access; open to all; to describe someone who speaks carelessly