隱 (jan2 | yin3) : hide; cover up; latent

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隱

jan2

yin3

[1] [v] hide; cover up; conceal
[2] [adj] latent; dormant; obscure
[3] [n] secret; privacy; seclusion

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 1

Radical: (#170)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

隱 / 隐

This word has been viewed 11486 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Jan 2012 14:46

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隱隱 jan2 jan2 yin3 yin3 = faint; indistinct

隱瞞 jan2 mun4 yin3 man2 = cover up

隱形 jan2 jing4 yin3 xing2 = invisible

隱藏 jan2 cong4 yin3 cang2 = to hide

隱蔽 jan2 bai3 yin3 bi4 = concealed

隱約 jan2 joek3 yin3 yue1 = vague

隱憂 jan2 jau1 = secret worry

隱形眼鏡 jan2 jing4 ngaan5 geng2 = contact lense(s)

私隱 si1 jan2 = privacy; individual's private life; secret 粵

侵犯私隱 cam1 faan6 si1 jan2 = invade people’s privacy/threaten privacy

隱瞞事實 jan2 mun4 si6 sat6 = hide the truth

隱瞞真相 jan2 mun4 zan1 soeng3 yin3 man2 zhen1 xiang1 = hide the truth

戴隱形眼鏡 daai3 jan2 jing4 ngaan5 geng2 = wear contact lenses (common formation)

隱密 jan2 mat6 = occult

隱蔽青年 jan2 bai3 cing1 nin4 = introverted youth

隱私 jan2 si1 yin3 si1 = privacy

隱匿 jan2 nik1 yin3 ni4 = hide; go into hiding; lie low

若隱若現 joek6 jan2 joek6 jin6 ruo4 yin3 ruo4 xian4 = appear indistinctly

隱姓埋名 jan2 sing3 maai4 ming4 yin3 xing4 mai2 ming2 = incognito (by assuming a different identity)

惻隱之心 cak1 jan2 zi1 sam1 ce4 yin3 zhi1 xin1 = compassion; sympathy

隱世 jan2 sai3 yin3 shi4 = live in seclusion; be in obscurity 粵

隱射 jan2 se6 yin3 she4 = (to fire) innuendo; to insinuate

隱身 jan2 san1 yin3 shen1 = to hide oneself; invisible (person or online status)

隱晦 jan2 fui3 yin3 hui4 = obscure; veiled; ambiguous

個人資料私隱專員公署 go3 jan4 zi1 liu6*2 si1 jan2 zyun1 jyun4 gung1 cyu5 = Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data

隱形收入 jan2 jing4 sau1 jap6 yin3 xing2 shou1 ru4 = invisible income; off-payroll income; side money (common formation)

隱衷 jan2 cung1 yin3 zhong1 = concealed feelings or troubles one wishes to keep to oneself

歸隱 gwai1 jan2 gui1 yin3 = retreat to one's native town and live in seclusion

山林隱逸 saan1 lam4 jan2 jat6 shan1 lin2 yin3 yi4 = retire to the seclusion of the wooded hills; live in obscurity

隱含 jan2 ham4 yin3 han2 = imply

隱蔽強迫下載 jan2 bai3 koeng5 bik1 haa6 zoi3 yin3 bi4 qiang3 po4 xia4 zai4 = drive-by download (a form of malware boobytrap); silent drive-by download (common formation)

Showing 1 example containing 隱

你哋遲早會知，我都唔需要隱瞞粵
You'd have had to find out sometime, there's no point in me covering anything up.

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