HSK 6 · Adjectives

隐蔽 yǐnbì “hidden” in Chinese

Traditional 隱蔽

What 隐蔽 means

  1. hidden
  2. concealed
  3. to take cover
  4. to conceal
  5. to hide
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • covert
  • under cover

How to say 隐蔽

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale隐yǐn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale蔽bì4th tone, falling

隐蔽 in a sentence

  1. 小猫躲在一个很隐蔽的地方。

    Xiǎomāo duǒ zài yí ge hěn yǐnbì de dìfang.

    The kitten is hiding somewhere well out of sight.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这家小店的位置很隐蔽，不好找。

    Zhè jiā xiǎodiàn de wèizhi hěn yǐnbì, bù hǎo zhǎo.

    This little shop is tucked away and hard to find.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 隐蔽 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 隐 (yǐn) with each of its parts in a different colour
隐yǐnsecret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
  • 阝place
  • 急anxious · jí
The character 蔽 (bì) with each of its parts in a different colour
蔽bìto cover
  • 艹grass form of 艸 · cǎoMeaning part
  • 敝to break · bìSound part

艹 hints at the meaning (grass); 敝 (bì) hints at the sound. Compare it with bì.

How to write 隐蔽

隐 11 strokes · 蔽 14 strokes

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

Words related to 隐蔽

Words with 隐

隐瞒yǐnmán · to conceal隐约yǐnyuē · faint隐私yǐnsī · privacy隐患yǐnhuàn · hidden danger

More words: Adjectives

异常yìcháng · abnormal一贯yíguàn · consistent一流yìliú · first-class一目了然yímùliǎorán · clear at a glance英明yīngmíng · wise英勇yīngyǒng · heroic隐约yǐnyuē · faint一丝不苟yìsībùgǒu · meticulous

FAQs

隐蔽 (yǐnbì) means “hidden” or “concealed”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǐnbì: yǐn with a 3rd tone, then bì 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, 隐蔽 is written 隱蔽. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yinbi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 隐蔽 from the suggestions. Typing yinbi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
隐蔽 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.