蔽 (bai3 | bi4) : cover; hide; sum up

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蔽

bai3

bi4

[1] cover; hide; shelter
[3] sum up; generalize

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

蔽

This word has been viewed 2933 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th Dec 2011 14:15

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蒙蔽 mung4 bai3 meng2 bi4 = deceive; fool

隱蔽 jan2 bai3 yin3 bi4 = concealed

隱蔽青年 jan2 bai3 cing1 nin4 = introverted youth

衣不蔽體 ji1 bat1 bai3 tai2 yi1 bu4*2 bi4 ti3 = be wearing nothing bu rags; be half-naked

一言以蔽之 jat1 jin4 ji5 bai3 zi1 yi1 yan2 yi3 bi4 zhi1 = to sum up in one word; in a word; in brief;

屏蔽 ping4 bai3 ping2 bi4 = to screen, to block (sth or sb); to shield, (protective) shield

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Decimal representation of this word: 蔽
Unicode code for this character: U+853d (off-site link)

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