掩掩揜揜

Chinese

		cover up; to surprise	cover up; to surprise	cover up; to surprise	cover up; to surprise
trad. (掩掩揜揜)		掩	掩	揜	揜
simp. ^#(掩掩揜揜)		掩	掩	揜	揜
alternative forms		搵搵挹挹／揾揾挹挹

Etymology

AABB-type reduplication of 掩揜.

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ng-ng-iap-iap / uiⁿ-uiⁿ-iap-iap

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ng-ng-iap-iap
  - Tâi-lô: ng-ng-iap-iap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngng'iap'iab
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋ̍³³ ŋ̍³³ iap̚⁵⁻²⁴ iap̚⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ ŋ̍⁴⁴⁻³³ iap̚³²⁻⁴ iap̚³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² ŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² iap̚³²⁻⁴ iap̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: uiⁿ-uiⁿ-iap-iap
  - Tâi-lô: uinn-uinn-iap-iap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: vui'vui'iap'iab
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /uĩ⁴⁴⁻²² uĩ⁴⁴⁻²² iap̚³²⁻⁵ iap̚³²/

Adjective

掩掩揜揜

(Southern Min) secretive; furtive; stealthy
- 伊讓你過　不願心事掩掩揜揜　講無話 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  伊让你过　不愿心事掩掩揜揜　讲无话 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 2016, 黃妃 (Huang Fei), 離緣
  i niū lí kòe, m̄-goān sim-sū ng-ng-iap-iap, kóng bô ōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

遮遮掩掩 (zhēzhēyǎnyǎn)
偷偷摸摸 (tōutōumōmō)
捂捂蓋蓋／捂捂盖盖 (wǔwǔgàigài)

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