HSK 6 · Verbs

掩盖 yǎngài “to cover up” in Chinese

Traditional 掩蓋

What 掩盖 means

  1. to cover up
  2. to conceal
  3. to hide behind

How to say 掩盖

  • 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盖gài4th tone, falling

掩盖 in a sentence

  1. 她没有试图掩盖真相。

    Tā méiyǒu shìtú yǎngài zhēnxiàng.

    She didn’t try to cover up the truth.

    Sentence #5983618 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 掩盖 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 盖 (gài) with each of its parts in a different colour
盖gàilid
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 皿dish · mǐn

How to write 掩盖

掩 11 strokes · 盖 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 掩盖

Words with 掩

掩护yǎnhù · to cover掩饰yǎnshì · to cover up

Words with 盖

盖gài · lid膝盖xīgài · knee覆盖fùgài · to cover盖章gàizhāng · to stamp (with a seal)

More words: Common Verbs

炫耀xuànyào · to show off旋转xuánzhuǎn · to rotate削弱xuēruò · to weaken寻觅xúnmì · to seek掩护yǎnhù · to cover延伸yánshēn · to extend掩饰yǎnshì · to cover up摇摆yáobǎi · to sway

FAQs

掩盖 (yǎngài) means “to cover up” or “to conceal”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǎngài: yǎn with a 3rd tone, then gài 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, 掩盖 is written 掩蓋. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yangai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 掩盖 from the suggestions. Typing yangai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
掩盖 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.