Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- ǎn
English
- to cover (with the hand)
- to apply (medicinal powder to a wound)
- to cover something with one's hand(s)
- the pronunciation of 撳 in Macau
- to cover up
- to conceal
粵語
- 用手遮住一啲嘢
- 「撳」喺澳門嘅讀音
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Variants
Words containing 揞
- 鬼揞眼gwai2 am2 ngaan5
a situation where a person can't see or notice something obvious; literally: 'ghost blocking the vision'; a Freudian slip
- 揞脈am2 mak6
to take the pulse
- 揞住良心am2 zyu6 loeng4 sam1
to go against one's conscience [colloquial]
- 揞口費am2 hau2 fai3
a fee paid to someone to keep quiet; to not report something (e.g. to the police); hush money; literally "cover mouth fee"
- 揞住ngam2 zyu6
to cover up
- 揞住嘴笑am2 zyu6 zeoi2 siu3
to cover up one's smile
- 揞眼法am2 ngaan5 faat3
- 揞唔實am2 m4 sat6
- 揞到實am2 dou3 sat6
- 揞密鑼鼓am2 mat6 lo4 gu2