掩

The character "掩" has 11 strokes. "掩" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "掩" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "掩" are "yǎn" . View the stroke order of "掩">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "掩"

v.: cover; hide; shut; close; get nipped/pinched (while shutting a door, lid, etc); attack by surprise; ambush and attack

• cover : v.盖；覆盖；遮盖；处理；涉及；包括；论及；足以支付；够支付；掩盖；掩饰；用枪瞄准；盖打；转录；翻录；模仿演唱；与…交配
• hide : v.藏；隐藏；隐蔽；掩饰；躲藏；遮掩；保密；躲避
• shut : v.关；关闭；关上；封闭；合上；安静；合拢；禁止通行；别说话；把…关在
• close : adj.近的；接近的；靠近的；直系（尤指父母；兄弟姐妹）的；密切的；周全的；潮湿的；气闷的；接近；紧密的

Form words with "掩"

Example phrases using "掩"

• 小心门掩了手。

  Don’t get your fingers caught in the door.

• 逆掩运动造成覆盖岩层的增加。

  [as noun overthrusting]the increased overburden resulting from overthrusting.

• 首先在基片上覆盖一个掩膜片。

  The substrate is first covered by a mask.

• 坐在墙角的阿珍却掩着嘴暗笑.

  Ah Chen, sitting in the corner, was smiling surreptitiously behind her hand.

• 夜晚, 战舰掩遮在深蓝色的灯光中.

  At night, the ship is covered in a deep blue light.

• 马来西亚边界被水掩了，小路不能通行。

  The border into Malaysia has been flooded.

• 使雪掩美色，呈万里荒原。

  Beauty o'ersnowed and bareness everywhere.

• 戴着面具来掩他失去的喙。

  And wears a metal mask to hide his missing beak.

• 她停了片刻, 用手帕掩住嘴咳了两声嗽.

  Mei paused, pressing her handkerchief to her mouth to smother a few coughs.

• 轻轻地掩上门，道别的话也省得干干净净。

  Mask gently door, farewell words also province clean.