zhē

HSK 7–9

遮 (zhē) is a Chinese word meaning “to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide”.

Meanings

  1. 1to cover up (a shortcoming)
  2. 2to screen off
  3. 3to hide
  4. 4to conceal
Part of speech
verb

Related words

遮住to cover (up)遮掩to cover遮遮掩掩to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)遮盖to hide遮蔽to cover遮挡to shelter遮羞布loincloth遮阳to shield from the sun旁遮普Punjab state of India遮荫to provide shade遮天蔽日lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering遮羞to cover up one's embarrassment

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