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Translingual
Han character
瞞 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月山廿中月 (BUTLB), four-corner 64027, composition ⿰目㒼)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 816, character 9
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23649
- Dae Jaweon: page 1229, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2509, character 7
- Unihan data for U+779E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 芇
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*men, *meːnʔ, *maːn
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| 蹣
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*boːn, *moːn
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| 瞞
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*moːn
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| 顢
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*moːn
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| 樠
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*moːn, *mon, *muːn
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| 慲
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*moːn
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| 鬗
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*moːn, *mons
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| 滿
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*moːnʔ
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| 鏋
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*moːnʔ
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| 懣
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*moːnʔ, *muːnʔ, *muːns
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| 璊
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*muːn
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *moːn) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 㒼 (, “to cover something carefully and tightly without a break”).
Pronunciation
Note:
- boân - literary;
- môa - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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瞞
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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mán
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ man ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*mˁ/
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| English
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be deceived
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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瞞
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9033
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Phonetic
component
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芇
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Rime
group
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元
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
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瞞
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Old
Chinese
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/*moːn/
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| Notes
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朱駿聲芇聲
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Definitions
瞞
- to deceive; to lie; to conceal
- 欺瞞／欺瞒 ― qīmán ― to deceive, to dupe
- 隱瞞／隐瞒 ― yǐnmán ― to conceal; to hide; to cover up
- 不瞞您說／不瞒您说 ― bù mán nín shuō ― to tell you the truth
原來你哋兩個拍咗拖兩年㗎啦？做咩瞞住我哋咁耐啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
原来你哋两个拍咗拖两年㗎啦？做咩瞒住我哋咁耐啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]- jyun4 loi4 nei5 dei6 loeng5 go3 paak3 zo2 to1 loeng5 nin4 gaa4 laa4? zou6 me1 mun4 zyu6 ngo5 dei6 gam3 noi6 aa3?
- You two have been dating for two years? How come you've been keeping that from us for so long?
- † eyes half-closed
Synonyms
- 作假 (zuòjiǎ)
- 作偽／作伪 (zuòwěi)
- 使手路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 創戇／创戆 (Hokkien)
- 創戇仔／创戆仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 哄騙／哄骗 (hǒngpiàn)
- 壅蔽 (yōngbì) (literary)
- 打哄 (da3 hong3) (Xiang)
- 拆白 (chāibái) (dialectal)
- 拐騙／拐骗 (guǎipiàn)
- 日哄 (reh4 hung2) (Jin)
- 梟人／枭人 (Hakka)
- 欺瞞／欺瞒 (qīmán)
- 欺詐／欺诈 (qīzhà)
- 欺騙／欺骗 (qīpiàn)
- 瞞哄／瞒哄 (mánhǒng)
- 瞞騙／瞒骗 (mánpiàn)
- 矇人／蒙人 (mēngrén)
- 矇混／蒙混 (ménghùn)
- 矇蔽／蒙蔽 (méngbì)
- 矇騙／蒙骗 (mēngpiàn)
- 糊弄 (hùnong) (colloquial)
- 耍花招 (shuǎ huāzhāo)
- 脫人／脱人 (tŏ̤-nêng) (Northern Min)
- 行騙／行骗 (xíngpiàn)
- 訛詐／讹诈 (ézhà)
- 詐騙／诈骗 (zhàpiàn)
- 誆騙／诓骗 (kuāngpiàn)
- 誑／诳 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 誘騙／诱骗 (yòupiàn)
- 誑騙／诳骗 (kuángpiàn)
- 變戲法／变戏法 (biàn xìfǎ) (figurative)
- 賺／赚 (zuàn) (colloquial)
- 騙／骗 (piàn)
- 騙人／骗人 (piànrén)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
瞞
(Hyōgai kanji)
- deception
Readings
Korean
Hanja
瞞 • (man) (hangeul 만, revised man, McCune–Reischauer man, Yale man)
- deceive
- lie
- eyes half-closed
Vietnamese
Han character
瞞: Hán Nôm readings: man
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