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捂

wǔ

Character

What 捂 means

1. to enclose
2. to cover with the hand (one's eyes, nose or ears)
3. to cover up (an affair)
4. contrary
5. to contradict

Example sentences

• 她用手捂住了电话的话筒。
  Tā yòng shǒu wǔzhù le diànhuà de huàtǒng.
  She covered the mouthpiece of the phone with her hand.
• 汤姆用他的手捂住了他的脸。
  Tāngmǔ yòng tā de shǒu wǔzhù le tā de liǎn.
  Tom covered his face with his hands.
• 她捂着嘴，笑得跟个小女生似的。
  Tā wǔ zhe zuǐ, xiào de gēn gè xiǎonǚ shēng shìde.
  She laughed the way schoolgirls do, with her hand over her mouth.
• 你咳嗽、打喷嚏或打哈欠的时候要捂住你的嘴。
  Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn.

Words starting with 捂

• 捂住wǔ zhùto cover (typically by placing a hand over sb's mouth, nose or ears etc)
• 捂脸wǔ liǎnto cover one's face with one's hand(s); to facepalm

Characters built on 吾

These share the phonetic component 吾 (wú), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 语yǔdialect; language; speech
• 晤wùto meet (socially)
• 悟wùto comprehend; to apprehend; to become aware
• 唔wúoh (expression of agreement or surprise); (Cantonese) not
• 梧wúSterculia platanifolia
• 痦wù(flat) mole
• 圄yǔprison; to imprison
• 寤wùto awake from sleep

Characters that look like 捂

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 按ànto press; to push; to leave aside or shelve
• 猎lièhunting
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 捞lāoto fish up; to dredge up
• 捅tǒngto poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
• 捶chuíto beat (with a stick or one's fist); to thump; to pound

Sounds the same

Read wǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 五five; 5
• 午7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of…
• 舞to dance; to wield; to brandish
• 武martial; military
• 伍squad of five soldiers; to associate with; five (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 侮to insult; to ridicule; to disgrace
• 鹉used in 鹦鹉
• 妩used in 妩媚
• 忤disobedient; unfilial
• 碔inferior gem; a kind of jade
• 仵equal; well-matched; to violate
• 牾to oppose; to gore