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  jan2   jyutping
  yin3   pinyin
[1] [v] hide; cover up; conceal
[2] [adj] latent; dormant; obscure
[3] [n] secret; privacy; seclusion


nounAdditional PoS: adjectiveverb
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 11402 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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detail  jan2 jan2  yin3 yin3 = faint; indistinct
detail  jan2 mun4  yin3 man2 = cover up
detail  jan2 jing4  yin3 xing2 = invisible
detail  jan2 cong4  yin3 cang2 = to hide
detail  jan2 bai3  yin3 bi4 = concealed
detail  jan2 joek3  yin3 yue1 = vague
detail  jan2 jau1   = secret worry
detail  jan2 jing4 ngaan5 geng2   = contact lense(s)
detail  si1 jan2   = privacy; individual's private life; secret
detail  cam1 faan6 si1 jan2   = invade people’s privacy/threaten privacy
See all 28 compounds (CantoDict reports 31 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 隱
detail 你哋遲早唔需要隱瞞
You'd have had to find out sometime, there's no point in me covering anything up.

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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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