掩蔽

Chinese

		cover up; to surprise	to cover; to shield; to screen to cover; to shield; to screen; to conceal
trad. (掩蔽)		掩	蔽
simp. ^#(掩蔽)		掩	蔽

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnbì

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim² bai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iám-pè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnbì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄅㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnbì
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-pi⁴
  - Yale: yǎn-bì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanbih
  - Palladius: яньби (janʹbi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    掩蔽
    掩閉 / 掩闭
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim² bai³
  - Yale: yím bai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim² bai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim² bei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵ pɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iám-pè
  - Tâi-lô: iám-pè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iafmpex
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pe⁴¹/

Verb

掩蔽

(usually military) to cover

Synonyms

掩 (yǎn)
擋 / 挡
蒙上 (méngshàng)
蔽障 (bìzhàng)
被覆 (bèifù)
遮蓋 / 遮盖 (zhēgài)
遮蔽 (zhēbì)
障蔽 (zhàngbì)

Derived terms

掩蔽部 (yǎnbìbù)

Noun

掩蔽

screen; cover
(physics) audio masking

Japanese

Kanji in this term
掩	蔽
えん Hyōgai	へい > ぺい Grade: S
on'yomi

Etymology

Middle Chinese 掩蔽

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんぺー [èńpéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞mpe̞ː]

Noun

掩(えん)蔽(ぺい) • (enpei)

cloaking, concealment, stealth
(astronomy) occultation

Verb

掩(えん)蔽(ぺい)する • (enpei suru) transitive suru (stem 掩(えん)蔽(ぺい)し (enpei shi), past 掩(えん)蔽(ぺい)した (enpei shita))

cloak, conceal
(astronomy) occult

Conjugation

Conjugation of "掩蔽する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	掩蔽し	えんぺいし	enpei shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	掩蔽し	えんぺいし	enpei shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	掩蔽する	えんぺいする	enpei suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	掩蔽する	えんぺいする	enpei suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	掩蔽すれ	えんぺいすれ	enpei sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	掩蔽せよ¹ 掩蔽しろ²	えんぺいせよ¹ えんぺいしろ²	enpei seyo¹ enpei shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	掩蔽される	えんぺいされる	enpei sareru
Causative	掩蔽させる掩蔽さす	えんぺいさせるえんぺいさす	enpei saseru enpei sasu
Potential	掩蔽できる	えんぺいできる	enpei dekiru
Volitional	掩蔽しよう	えんぺいしよう	enpei shiyō
Negative	掩蔽しない	えんぺいしない	enpei shinai
Negative continuative	掩蔽せず	えんぺいせず	enpei sezu
Formal	掩蔽します	えんぺいします	enpei shimasu
Perfective	掩蔽した	えんぺいした	enpei shita
Conjunctive	掩蔽して	えんぺいして	enpei shite
Hypothetical conditional	掩蔽すれば	えんぺいすれば	enpei sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

(stealth): 隠密(おんみつ) (onmitsu), 隠密(いんみつ) (inmitsu)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“^▲掩蔽”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
掩	蔽

Noun

掩蔽 • (eompye) (hangeul 엄폐)

hanja form^? of 엄폐 (“cloaking; concealment; stealth”)