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
隐蔽
yǐnbì
hidden; concealed
Characters in this word
蔽 bì
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 敝 to break, to destroy
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 敌军把电台藏在一处隐蔽的地下室里。 Díjūn bǎ diàntái cáng zài yí chù yǐnbì de dìxiàshì lǐ. The enemy hid the radio station in a concealed basement.
- 小猫喜欢躲在隐蔽的角落里睡觉。 Xiǎomāo xǐhuan duǒ zài yǐnbì de jiǎoluò li shuìjiào. The kitten likes to hide in a secluded corner to sleep.
- 这家书店很隐蔽，藏在一条小巷的深处。 Zhè jiā shūdiàn hěn yǐnbì, cáng zài yī tiáo xiǎo xiàng de shēnchù. This bookshop is well hidden, tucked deep inside a small alley.
Related words
- 隐藏 yǐncáng to hide, to conceal
- 隐私 yǐnsī privacy
- 隐含 yǐnhán to imply; to contain implicitly
- 隐患 yǐnhuàn hidden danger; potential risk
- 隐瞒 yǐnmán to conceal; to hide
- 隐情 yǐnqíng hidden facts; inside story
- 隐形 yǐnxíng invisible; hidden
- 隐性 yǐnxìng recessive; implicit; hidden
- 隐约 yǐnyuē vague; faint; indistinct
- 屏蔽 píngbì to block; to screen; to shield
- 掩饰 yǎnshì to conceal; to cover up; to disguise
- 掩盖 yǎngài to cover up; to conceal