掩護

See also: 掩护

Chinese

		cover up; to surprise	protect
trad. (掩護)		掩	護
simp. (掩护)		掩	护

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǎnhù

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jim² wu⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iám-hō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): iam² hu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǎnhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢˇ ㄏㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎnhù
  - Wade–Giles: yen³-hu⁴
  - Yale: yǎn-hù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeanhuh
  - Palladius: яньху (janʹxu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jim² wu⁶
  - Yale: yím wuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jim² wu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yim² wu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm³⁵ wuː²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iám-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: iám-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iafmho
  - IPA (Taipei): /iam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /iam⁵³⁻²⁴ hɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iam² hu⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iám hŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iam⁵²⁻³⁵ hu³⁵/

Verb

掩護

to cover; to protect
to provide covering fire

Synonyms

(to protect):

保 (bǎo) (literary, or in compounds)
保庇 (Hokkien)
保護 / 保护 (bǎohù)
保障 (bǎozhàng)
堅持 / 坚持 (jiānchí)
維持 / 维持 (wéichí)
維護 / 维护 (wéihù)
蔽護 / 蔽护 (bìhù) (literary)
護 / 护 (hù) (literary, or in compounds)

Noun

掩護

cover; protection
covering fire

Japanese

Kanji in this term
掩	護
えん Hyōgai	ご Grade: 5
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 掩護 – see the following entry.

【援護えんご】

[noun] covering; protection; backing; relief

[verb] to cover for someone; to provide backup

(This term, 掩護, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)