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掩护

yǎn hù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 掩護 Measure word 面

掩护 (yǎn hù) means "to screen; to shield; to cover". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 掩护 means

1. to screen
2. to shield
3. to cover
4. protection
5. cover

The characters in 掩护

• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 护hùto protect

Example sentences

• 汤姆，你能帮我掩护吗？
  Tom, will you cover for me?

Where 掩护 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yǎn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǎn hù correctly.
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