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隐藏

yǐncáng

to hide, to conceal

A child hides behind a big leaf, only a shoe visible
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Characters in this word

隐 yǐn

Strokes
11
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
阝 place, town, city 急 anxious, worried
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 隐

藏 cáng

Strokes
17
Radical
艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
Made of
艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 臧 good, right
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 藏

Example phrases

  • 为了保护隐私,系统会自动隐藏部分个人信息。 Wèile bǎohù yǐnsī, xìtǒng huì zìdòng yǐncáng bùfen gèrén xìnxī. To protect privacy, the system automatically hides part of the personal information.
  • 孩子把糖果隐藏在枕头下面,不让妈妈发现。 Háizi bǎ tángguǒ yǐncáng zài zhěntou xiàmiàn, bú ràng māma fāxiàn. The child hid the candy under the pillow so that Mum wouldn't find it.
  • 这个文件夹被隐藏了,所以你看不到它。 Zhè ge wénjiànjiā bèi yǐncáng le, suǒyǐ nǐ kàn bú dào tā. This folder has been hidden, so you can't see it.

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