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遮

zhē

HSK 6 Character

What 遮 means

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

Example sentences

• 月亮被云遮住了。
  Yuèliang bèi yún zhēzhù le.
  The moon is behind the clouds.
• 他用手遮住眼睛。
  He covered his eyes with one hand.
• 她把自己遮起来了。
  She covered herself.
• 即使是弯树也能遮阴。
  Even crooked tree gives shade.
• 应该为这些花遮挡风雨。
  Yīnggāi wèi zhèxiē huā zhēdǎng fēngyǔ.
  These flowers should be sheltered from the rain.
• 她的新发型遮住了耳朵。
  Her new hairstyle covers her ears.

Words starting with 遮

• 遮挡zhē dǎngto shelter; to shelter from
• 遮住zhē zhùto cover (up); to block; to obstruct
• 遮掩zhē yǎnto cover; to mask; to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
• 遮盖zhē gàito hide; to cover (one's tracks)
• 遮蔽zhē bìto cover; to hide from view; to obstruct or block
• 遮阳zhē yángto shield from the sun
• 遮遮掩掩zhē zhē yǎn yǎnto be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)
• 遮断zhē duànto cut off; to interrupt; to prevent access
• 遮羞zhē xiūto cover up one's embarrassment; to hush up a scandal
• 遮阴zhē yīnto provide shade
• 遮目鱼zhē mù yúmilkfish (Chanos chanos)
• 遮羞布zhē xiū bùloincloth; (fig.) fig leaf
• 遮护板zhē hù bǎnshield; protective board
• 遮阳板zhē yáng bǎnsun visor; sunshade; sunshading board
• 遮风避雨zhē fēng bì yǔto give shelter from the wind and rain; to keep out the elements
• 遮天蔽日zhē tiān bì rìlit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering; omnipresent…
• 遮瑕膏zhē xiá gāoconcealer (cosmetics)
• 遮荫zhē yīnto provide shade; Taiwan pr. zhē yìn

Words containing 遮

• 旁遮普Páng zhē pǔPunjab state of India; Punjab province of Pakistan
• 鬼遮眼guǐ zhē yǎnselective blindness caused by a ghost, whereby one fails to notice obvious dangers
• 旁遮普省Páng zhē pǔ shěngPunjab province of Pakistan
• 旁遮普邦Páng zhē pǔ bāngPunjab state in northwest India bordering Pakistan
• 东掩西遮dōng yǎn xī zhēto cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)
• 口无遮拦kǒu wú zhē lánto blab; to shoot one's mouth off; to commit a gaffe
• 一手遮天yī shǒu zhē tiānlit. to hide the sky with one hand; to hide the truth from the masses

Characters built on 庶

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

• 蔗zhèsugar cane
• 鹧zhèpartridge; Francolinus chinensis

Characters that look like 遮

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

• 滥lànoverflowing; excessive; indiscriminate
• 旗qíflag; variant of 旗
• 滤lǜto strain; to filter
• 嫌xiánto dislike; suspicion; resentment
• 漉lùstrain liquids
• 遢tāused in 邋遢; Taiwan pr. tà

Sounds the same

Read zhē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蜇to sting
• 折to turn sth over; to turn upside down; to tip sth out (of a container)
• 嫬old character used in female names
• 螫(of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite; (of an irritant) to make (one's eyes or skin)…