瞒 (mán): to conceal
瞒 (mán) is a Chinese character meaning “to conceal.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 目 (semantic), 艹 (structural) and 两 (structural). It ranks #2329 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 瞒 eye. Its radical form 目 (eye) appears in many related characters such as 看 (kàn, to look, to see), 真 (zhēn, really), 着 (zhe, -ing, to wear).
Definitions
- to conceal
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隐瞒verb | yǐn mán | to conceal |
| 瞒天过海phrase | mán tiān guò hǎi | to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) |
| 欺瞒verb | qī mán | to fool |
| 瞒报verb | mán bào | to conceal or deceive in a report |
| 瞒骗verb | mán piàn | to deceive |
| 实不相瞒phrase | shí bù xiāng mán | truth to tell |
| 瞒不过 | mán bù guò | cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb) |
| 隐瞒不报 | yǐn mán bù bào | to cover up (a matter that should be reported to the authorities) |
| 瞒上欺下 | mán shàng qī xià | to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom) |
| 瞒天大谎 | mán tiān dà huǎng | enormous lie |
| 瞒心昧己 | mán xīn mèi jǐ | to blot out one's conscience |
| 鄋瞒proper-noun | sōu mán | name of a state and its people in Shangdong in late Spring and Autumn period |
| 哄瞒 | hǒng mán | to deceive |
| 瞒哄verb | mán hǒng | to deceive |
瞒 appears in 14 compound words: 57 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 7 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 瞒 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
这件事瞒不住了，迟早会被大家知道的。
Zhè jiàn shì mán bù zhù le, chízǎo huì bèi dàjiā zhīdào de.
This matter can't be concealed any longer; everyone will find out sooner or later.
边荷律突道歉!发公告吐“隐瞒一件事”:不是故意
biān hé lǜ tū dào qiàn ! fā gōng gào tǔ yǐn mán yī jiàn shì : bù shì gù yì
Byeon Ho-ryul Suddenly Apologizes! Issues Statement Admitting to "Hiding Something": It Wasn't Intentional
施明离世丨李泳汉“瞒父”低调处理母亲后事 李家鼎难以接受噩耗...
shī míng lí shì 丨 lǐ yǒng hàn mán fù dī diào chǔ lǐ mǔ qīn hòu shì lǐ jiā dǐng nán yǐ jiē shòu è hào . . .
Shi Ming Passes Away | Li Yonghan Keeps Father in the Dark as He Quietly Arranges His Mother’s Funeral; Li Jiading Struggles to Come to Terms with the Tragic News...
曾庭上讹称教补习瞒收入 高级教育主任准保释 官指判囚无可避...
céng tíng shàng é chèn jiào bǔ xí mán shōu rù gāo jí jiào yù zhǔ rèn zhǔn bǎo shì guān zhǐ pàn qiú wú kě bì . . .
Man Who Falsely Claimed to Teach Private Lessons to Hide Income Granted Bail by Senior Education Officer; Judge Says Prison Sentence Inevitable...
涉任面试官隐瞒亲妹有份应征妹最终获聘 贸发局人力资源经...
shè rèn miàn shì guān yǐn mán qīn mèi yǒu fèn yīng zhēng mèi zuì zhōng huò pìn mào fā jú rén lì zī yuán jīng . . .
HR Manager at the Trade Development Council Accused of Acting as Interviewer and Concealing That His Own Sister Was a Candidate; Sister Was Ultimately Hired...
汤姆向玛莉隐瞒约翰的事。
Tāngmǔ xiàng mǎ lì yǐnmán Yuēhàn de shì.
Tom lied to Mary about John.
不要隐瞒你对此的想法。
Bù yào yǐnmán nǐ duì cǐ de xiǎngfǎ.
Don't conceal what you feel about it.
汤姆并没有试着要隐瞒实情。
Tāng mǔ bìng méiyǒu shì zhe yào yǐnmán shíqíng.
Tom didn't try to hide the truth.
你是不是瞒着我什么？
Nǐ shìbúshì mán zhe wǒ shénme?
Are you hiding something?
我总是觉得她在隐瞒东西。
Wǒ zǒngshì juéde tā zài yǐnmán dōngxi.
I always felt like she was hiding something.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 目 (eye) component
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