遮羞

Chinese

		cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide; to conceal	shy; ashamed; shame shy; ashamed; shame; bashful
trad. (遮羞)		遮	羞
simp. #(遮羞)		遮	羞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēxiū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄜ ㄒㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ sau¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia-siu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēxiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄜ ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhesiou
    • Wade–Giles: chê¹-hsiu¹
    • Yale: jē-syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeshiou
    • Palladius: чжэсю (čžɛsju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ze¹ sau¹
    • Yale: jē sāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ sau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zé¹ seo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia-siu
    • Tâi-lô: tsia-siu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciasiw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sia³³ siu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sia⁴⁴⁻²² siu⁴⁴/

Verb

遮羞

1. to hush up a scandal; to cover up one's embarrassment

Derived terms

• 遮羞布 (zhēxiūbù)