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遮

Mandarin · pinyin zhē

to cover up (a shortcoming)
to screen off
to hide
to conceal

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遮: zhē · cover, shield, protect

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 遮. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

(literary, or in compounds) to block; to obstruct
to hide; to cover up; to conceal
(Cantonese, Hakka) umbrella; parasol (Classifier: 把 c; 支 h)
(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 庶 (shù)

character · Etymology 2

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) this

character · Etymology 3

(Hokkien) here

character · Etymology 4

(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) this; so; such

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