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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
yǎn - 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

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 16,395 9,739 8,130

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Hand

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
掩护 6 7 2,922 11,722 23,311
掩盖 6 7 3,875 8,642 7,628
掩饰 6 7 4,633 7,883 5,492
掩体 - - 11,810 32,135 68,251
遮掩 - - 13,841 18,192 14,362
掩埋 - - 13,861 20,671 17,899
掩藏 - - 16,308 35,141 22,106
- - 16,395 9,739 8,130
遮遮掩掩 - - 17,108 - -
掩人耳目 - - 22,456 49,819 61,104
掩蔽 - - 29,472 55,726 79,804
掩耳盗铃 - - 39,747 54,959 29,160
虚掩 - - 53,737 51,548 49,862