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掩

yǎn

B2 Level 6

掩 (yǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “to cover up; to conceal”. It sits at TOCFL Level 6 (CEFR B2) on Taiwan's official TBCL vocabulary standard.

Definition

  1. to cover up; to conceal
  2. to close (a door, book etc)
  3. (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid
  4. (literary) to launch a surprise attack

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).