HSK 5 · Verbs

躲藏 duǒcáng “to conceal oneself” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 躲藏 means

  1. to conceal oneself
  2. to go into hiding
  3. to take cover

How to say 躲藏

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale躲duǒ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale藏cáng2nd tone, rising

躲藏 in a sentence

  1. 他为什么在躲藏？

    Tā wèishénme zài duǒcáng?

    Why is he hiding?

    Sentence #1394854 from Tatoeba

How 躲藏 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 躲 (duǒ) with each of its parts in a different colour
躲duǒto hide
  • 身body · shēnMeaning part
  • 朵cluster of flowers · duǒSound part

身 hints at the meaning (body); 朵 (duǒ) hints at the sound. Compare it with duǒ.

The character 藏 (cáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
藏cángto conceal
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 臧good · zāngSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 臧 (zāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with cáng.

How to write 躲藏

躲 13 strokes · 藏 17 strokes

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

Words related to 躲藏

Words with 藏

收藏shōucáng · to collect蕴藏yùncáng · to hold in store

More words: Common Verbs

堆duī · to pile up对比duìbǐ · to contrast对待duìdài · to treat蹲dūn · to crouch发抖fādǒu · to tremble发挥fāhuī · to bring into play发明fāmíng · to invent翻fān · to turn over

FAQs

躲藏 (duǒcáng) means “to conceal oneself” or “to go into hiding”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it duǒcáng: duǒ with a 3rd tone, then cáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 躲藏 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type duocang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 躲藏 from the suggestions. Typing duocang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
躲藏 is an HSK 5 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.