掩 (yǎn) means Cover up (to surprise). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他企图 掩 盖真相。
Tā qǐtú yǎngài zhēnxiàng.
He attempted to cover up the truth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 企图
他难 掩 心中的喜悦。
Tā nán yǎn xīnzhōng de xǐyuè.
He could hardly hide the joy in his heart.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 喜悦
同伴 掩 护他撤了出来。
Tóngbàn yǎnhù tā chè le chūlái.
His companions covered his withdrawal.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 掩护
他试图 掩 盖自己的错误。
Tā shìtú yǎngài zìjǐ de cuòwù.
He tried to cover up his mistake.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 掩盖
大雪 掩 盖了地上的脚印。
Dàxuě yǎngài le dì shang de jiǎoyìn.
The heavy snow covered the footprints on the ground.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 掩盖
树林为他们提供了 掩 护。
Shùlín wèi tāmen tígōng le yǎnhù.
The woods gave them cover.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 掩护
他 掩 饰不住脸上的失望。
Tā yǎnshì bu zhù liǎn shang de shīwàng.
He could not hide the disappointment on his face.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 掩饰
错了就承认，不必 掩 饰。
Cuò le jiù chéngrèn, búbì yǎnshì.
Admit a mistake; there is no need to gloss over it.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 掩饰
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Words that contain 掩
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Questions about 掩
How is 掩 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 掩 (yǎn, "Cover up (to surprise)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 掩 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 掩 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 掩?
The dictionary page for 掩 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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