yǎn = y + an3
to cover up / to close / to surprise
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yǎn = y + an3
to cover up; to conceal / to close (a door, book etc) / (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid / (literary) to launch a surprise attack
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How to pronounce 掩

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ an3 final

In the anthill’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

掩 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
yān = y + an1
variant of 閹|阉[yan1] / to castrate / variant of 淹[yan1] / to delay
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yǎn = y + an3
suddenly / abruptly / hastily / to cover / to surround
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shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
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Characters with 掩 as component

掩 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 掩

to screen / to shield / to cover / protection / cover / CL:面[mian4]
to conceal / to hide behind / to cover up
to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over

Sentences with 掩

掩 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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