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to cover with one's hand

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

wu3zhu4 wǔzhù

Meaning


Primary

to cover with one's hand

Alternatives

cover with one's hand, covering with one's hand, to cover with the hand, cover with the hand, covers with the hand, covering with the hand, covered with the hand, to cover with hand, cover with hand, to cover, cover

Hint

Also written as 捂住.

Mnemonic


摀住 To cover with one's hand is 摀 to cover with one's hand something, line one's mouth or ears, by making one's hand 住 dwell on top of it.

Usage


他 用 手 摀住 了 鼻子。

He covered his nose with his hand.

她 摀住 了 嘴巴, 不 讓 自己 笑 出來。

She covered her mouth with her hand to stop herself from laughing.

孩子 害怕 時, 會 摀住 眼睛。

When children are scared, they cover their eyes with their hands.

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