HSK 6 · Verbs

掩饰 yǎnshì “to cover up” in Chinese

Traditional 掩飾

What 掩饰 means

  1. to cover up
  2. to gloss over
  3. to disguise
  4. to conceal
  5. to mask

How to say 掩饰

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale掩yǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale饰shì4th tone, falling

掩饰 in a sentence

  1. 你在掩饰什么？

    Nǐ zài yǎnshì shénme?

    What are you hiding?

    Sentence #8715890 from Tatoeba

  2. 他很难掩饰对自己成功的骄傲。

    Tā hěn nán yǎnshì duì zìjǐ chénggōng de jiāo'ào.

    He found it hard to hide his pride in his own success.

    Sentence #463878 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她试图掩饰她的泪水。

    Tā shìtú yǎnshì tā de lèishuǐ.

    She tried to hide her tears.

    Sentence #8463535 from Tatoeba

How 掩饰 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 掩 (yǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 奄to remain · yānSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 奄 (yān) hints at the sound. Compare it with yǎn.

The character 饰 (shì) drawn as one shape
饰shìdecoration

饰 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 掩饰

掩 11 strokes · 饰 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

掩饰 (yǎnshì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 掩饰 (yǎnshì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 掩饰

Words with 掩

掩盖yǎngài · to cover up掩护yǎnhù · to cover

Words with 饰

装饰zhuāngshì · to decorate首饰shǒushì · jewellery

More words: Common Verbs

寻觅xúnmì · to seek掩盖yǎngài · to cover up掩护yǎnhù · to cover延伸yánshēn · to extend摇摆yáobǎi · to sway压缩yāsuō · to compress压榨yāzhà · to squeeze压制yāzhì · to suppress

FAQs

掩饰 (yǎnshì) means “to cover up” or “to gloss over”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǎnshì: yǎn with a 3rd tone, then shì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 掩饰 is written 掩飾. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanshi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 掩饰 from the suggestions. Typing yanshi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
掩饰 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.