遮 meaning in English

zhē

to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off

HSK 7-9verb14 strokes

Meaning of 遮

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhē
  1. to cover up (a shortcoming)
  2. to screen off
  3. to hide
  4. to conceal

遮 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

她tā把bǎ自zì己jǐ遮zhē起qǐ来lái了le。
She covered herself.
当dāng你nǐ在zài阳yáng光guāng下xià的de时shí候hòu,遮zhē住zhù你nǐ的de头tóu。
Cover your head when you are in the sun.
月yuè亮liàng被bèi云yún遮zhē住zhù了le。
The moon is behind the clouds.
他tā用yòng手shǒu遮zhē住zhù眼yǎn睛jīng。
He put his hands over his eyes.
她tā的de新xīn发fà型xíng遮zhē住zhù了le耳ěr朵duǒ。
Her new hairstyle covers her ears.

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遮 zhē · to cover up · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 遮.

遮盖zhēgàito hide; to cover (one's tracks)
遮住zhēzhùto cover (up); to block
遮掩zhēyǎnto cover; to mask
遮蔽zhēbìto cover; to hide from view
遮挡zhēdǎngto shelter; to shelter from
遮遮掩掩zhēzhēyǎnyǎnto be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)

Questions about 遮

What does 遮 mean?

遮 (zhē) means "to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 遮?

遮 is made of 1 character: 遮 (14 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 遮 an HSK word?

Yes. 遮 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.