粵

捂wu2住zyu6

wu2 zyu6inferredwǔ zhù

English

  1. to cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)

Examples

  • 她用手捂住了电话的话筒。

    She covered the mouthpiece of the phone with her hand.

    Tatoeba · crescat CC BY

  • 汤姆用他的手捂住了他的脸。

    Tom covered his face with his hands.

    Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

  • 你咳嗽、打喷嚏或打哈欠的时候要捂住你的嘴。

    Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn.

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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