CONCEAL  隱/匿

CAUSE TO BECOME OBSCURE:invisible.
HIDESCREENCOVEROBSCUREBLOCK OUTBLOT OUTMASKSHROUDSECRETE
Antonym
  • PUBLICISEREPORT to ALL.
    • SHOWACT so as to TRY TO CAUSE something TO be PERCEIVED OR UNDERSTOOD.
      • VISIBLEABLE to be SEEN.
        Hypernym
        • OBSCUREDARK so as to be DIFFICULT to SEE, DIFFICULT to UNDERSTAND OR STRANGE to THINK of.
          • DARKCOLOUR LACKING BRIGHTNESS.
            • COLOURAPPEARANCE of SURFACES which REFLECT OR ISSUE LIGHT, PERCEIVED USING the EYES.
              • APPEARANCECLEAR:visible BUT SUBJECTIVELY PERCEIVED FEATURES....
        See also
        • AVOIDACT so as to CAUSE ONESELF NOT to ENCOUNTER OR SUFFER something.
          • TABOOFORBIDDEN BECAUSE of FEAR of the SUPERNATURAL OR the RULERS.
            Hyponym
            • COVER CONCEAL something by PUTTING something ABOVE it.
              • WRAP COVER on ALL SIDES OFTEN:typically so as to PROTECT.
              • SMEAR COVER the SURFACE of something USING a LIQUID.
            • SECRET VOLUNTARILY:deliberately CONCEALED FROM OTHERS OR from PERSONS OUTSIDE a certain GROUP.
              • PRIVATE SECRET IN-RELATION-TO ALL OFFICIALS AND PERRSONAL.
            • HIDE ONESELF CONCEAL ONESELF.
              Old Chinese Criteria
              1. The current general word for hiding anything is yǐn 隱 (ant. xiǎn 顯 "display clearly") which refers to the hiding of anything, physically or intellectually.

              2. Nì 匿 (ant. zhāng 章 / 彰 "make a display of") refers to the physical removal of things so as to make them inaccessible to others.

              3. Cáng 藏 (ant. xiàn 見 ) adds to the notion of hiding that of safe keeping and collecting for use.

              3. Fú 伏 (ant. chū 出 "come into the open") refers prinarily to hiding in a certain terrain.

              4. Cuàn 竄 is incoative and refers to the action of going into hiding.

              5. Yōu 幽 refers primarily to putting or leaving something in the dark and thus by extension to concealing it.

              Modern Chinese Criteria
              包藏 is a current modern word for concealing or hiding someting.

              暗藏 focusses prototypically on hiding something in a dark place.

              隱匿 (lit) refers to hiding something in a dark place.

              藏匿 focusses on hiding something for safe-keeping.

              掩藏 focusses on covering what one hides.

              逃匿 focusses on hiding away through flight.

              藏身 focusses on hiding one's body.

              掩蔽 focusses on providing shelter through hiding something.

              隱蔽 focusses on protective hiding in a dark place.











              隱瞞

              相瞞

              隱秘

              隱匿





              rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /

              Old Chinese Contrasts
              躲藏

              潛伏 focusses on hiding by going underground.

              埋伏 refers to hiding as part of an ambush.

              打埋伏 refers in a colloquial style to hiding as part of an ambush.

              隱伏

              匿伏

              藏躲

              隱藏

              潛藏

              藏蹤

              匿跡

              斂跡

              潛蹤

              匿影藏形

              狐憑鼠伏

              first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH

              • A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages ( BUCK 1988) p. 12.27

              • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 450©

                ABSCONDERE

                est rem, ut ne sciri et inveniri, aut perire possit, abdere.

                Modus: 1. Si res absconditur, ut ne videatur, dicitur Velari; 2. ut nesciatur, Celari; 3. ut non auferatur, Condi, recondi.

              • De differentiis ( DIFFERENTIAE I) p. 169

                ABSCONSUM, ABSCONDITUM, OCCULTUM, ARCANUM

                9. Inter Absconditum et absconsum. Absconsum est cujuslibet arte celatum, absconditum vero naturaliter abditum. Conditum est enim, non consum. Inde et consuere dicitur, quando rupta [ Al., erupta] atque aperta quaeque texuntur [ Al., trahuntur]. Porro occultum [ Al., occultatum] ab occulendo, id est, claudendo, dictum. Arcanum vero ab arca vel ab arcendo, eo quod ab eo omnes arceantur, id est, prohibeantur. [col. 11B] Inde et arces dicuntur, a quibus arceantur hostes. Inde et arca, eo quod arceat furem. Inde et arcus, eo quod arceat adversarium.

              • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

                HIDE

                celare refers to an abstract failure to divulge, like reticere.

                occulere and occultare refer to the concrete hiding of something from physical view.

                occultare refers to making a physical thing or event unobservable.

                abdere refers to making a physical thing unobservable by moving it aside or putting it somewhere else.

                condere refers to making a physical object unobservable by putting it in a safe place that protects it from inspection and hiding it carefully.

                abscondere refers to making a physicla object unobservable by putting in in a safe place and ensuring its careful preservation.

                HIDING PLACE

                latebra refers to a retired or obscure place where a man can conveniently remean concealed.

                latibulum is a lurking-hole into whihc a person must creep in order to hide away in it.

              • 韓非子同義詞研究 ( HANFEI TONGYI 2004) p. 269

              • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 1459

                躲,避

              • 現代漢語同義詞詞典 ( LIU SHUXIN 1987) p. 9

              • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.144.106

                CACHER.DISSIMULER.DEGUISER

              • Handbook of Greek Synonymes, from the French of M. Alex. Pillon, Librarian of the Bibliothèque Royale , at Paris, and one of the editors of the new edition of Plaché's Dictionnaire Grec-Français, edited, with notes, by the Rev. Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A. Rector of Lyndon, and late fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ( PILLON 1850) p. no.301

              • 古漢語常用詞同義詞詞典 ( HONG CHENGYU 2009) p. 413

              Words

                cáng OC: sɡaaŋ MC: dzɑŋ
              藏臧  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 30 AttributionsWD

              Cáng 藏 (ant. xiàn 見) adds to the notion of hiding that of safe keeping and collecting for use.xxx

                Word relations
              • Ant: 行/ACT The current general word for any deliberate action one may be held morally and/or administratively responsible for is xíng 行 (ant. zhǐ 止 "decide not to take action"). The nominal entries have the old reading xìng. [COMMENDATORY!], [GENERAL], [HABITUAL], [RESPONSIBLE]

                Syntactic words
              • vt(oN)conceal, hide (with contextually determinate N)
              • vt+prep+Nmiddle voicebe hidden/stored in NDS
              • vt[oN]stash away wealthCH
              • vt[oN]continuativekeep in hiding; go into hiding
              • vtoNhide away; also: hide away from
              • vtoNimperativehide!
              • vtoNmiddle voicebe concealed, get hidden away
              • vtoNN=placehide in (a place)
              • vtoNreflexive.自hide (oneself)
              • vttoN1.+N2N2=placehide/store N1 in the place N2DS
                yǐn OC: qɯnʔ MC: ʔɨn 29 AttributionsWD

              The current general word for hiding anything is yǐn 隱 (ant. xiǎn 顯 "display clearly") which refers to the hiding of anything, physically or intellectually.

                Syntactic words
              • nabactsecretiveness
              • v[adN]passivewhat is hidden; what is implicitCH
              • vadNhidden; concealed
              • vadNactkeeping in hiding; concealing oneself
              • vadVin hiding, secretely, privately 隱居
              • vibe hidden, be concealed; be obscured
              • vt+prep+Nhide (something) from 隱乎
              • vt+prep+Npassivebe obscured by N
              • vt+prep+Nreflexivehide oneself in
              • vt[oN]actbe secretive about things, hide things
              • vtoNcover up; hide, conceal
              • vtoNreflexive.自conceal (oneself)
                nì OC: nɯɡ MC: ɳɨk 27 AttributionsWD

              Nì 匿 (ant. zhāng 章/彰 "make a display of") refers to the physical removal of things so as to make them inaccessible to others.

                Word relations
              • Ant: 泄/LEAK
              • Object: 私/PRIVATE The dominant current word for privacy is sī 私 (ant. gōng 公 "public"), and the word designates everything that falls outside the responsibility of public administration. Contrast SELFISH.
              • Assoc: 伏/CONCEAL Fú 伏 (ant. chū 出 "come into the open") refers prinarily to hiding in a certain terrain.
              • Assoc: 蔽/CONCEAL
              • Synon: 揜 / 掩 / 奄/COVER Yǎn 掩/揜 is an informal word which focusses on the deliberate act by a human, executed with his hand, which is designed to prevent something from being discovered or from getting in touch with other things.
              • Synon: 藏 / 藏臧/CONCEAL Cáng 藏 (ant. xiàn 見) adds to the notion of hiding that of safe keeping and collecting for use.xxx

                Syntactic words
              • vt(oN)conceal the contextually determinate N
              • vt[oN{REFLEX}]. prep NCH
              • vt[oN{REFLEX}]. prep Nhide oneself in NCH
              • vt[oN{REFLEX}]reflexivehide away
              • vtoNhide; hide away 
              • vtoNN=placehide in (a place)
              • vtoNpassivebe hidden away
              • vtoNreflexive.自hide (onself)
              • vttoN.+V[0]reflexive.自hide that (oneself) V-s
              • vttoN1.+N2hide N1 in N2CH
                fú OC: bɯɡ MC: buk 19 AttributionsWD

              Fú 伏 (ant. chū 出 "come into the open") refers prinarily to hiding in a certain terrain.

                Word relations
              • Ant: 現 / 見/SHOW Xiàn 見/現 (ant. bì 蔽 "make invisible to others,") refers to making visible what is there.
              • Assoc: 偃/CONCEAL
              • Assoc: 匿/CONCEAL Nì 匿 (ant. zhāng 章/彰 "make a display of") refers to the physical removal of things so as to make them inaccessible to others.
              • Assoc: 隱/CONCEAL The current general word for hiding anything is yǐn 隱 (ant. xiǎn 顯 "display clearly") which refers to the hiding of anything, physically or intellectually.
              • Oppos: 動/MOVE The current general word for movement of any kind, psychological as well as physical, is dòng 動 (ant. jìng 靜 "remain still").

                Syntactic words
              • vadNhidden
              • vt+prep+Nto hide in; crouch on (the ground) 伏於
              • vt[oN{REFLEX}]inchoativego into hiding
              • vt[oN{REFLEX}]reflexivecrouch, lie low, hide away, go into hiding, live in hiding; be hidden
              • vtoNcausativecause to be hiding> hide away
              • vtoNN=placehide in; crouch on (the ground etc) 伏地
                bì OC: peds MC: piɛi 10 AttributionsWD

                Word relations
              • Ant: 揚/SHOW Yáng 揚 (ant. yì 抑 "suppress and keep from general knowledge") is to make something universally visible to the general public.
              • Contrast: 掩/CONCEAL
              • Assoc: 匿/CONCEAL Nì 匿 (ant. zhāng 章/彰 "make a display of") refers to the physical removal of things so as to make them inaccessible to others.
              • Synon: 隱/CONCEAL The current general word for hiding anything is yǐn 隱 (ant. xiǎn 顯 "display clearly") which refers to the hiding of anything, physically or intellectually.
              • Oppos: 飾/EMBELLISH The current general word for embellishment of anything concrete or abstract is shì 飾.

                Syntactic words
              • vt(oN)hide the contextually determinate thing
              • vtoNhide physically, hide from view
              • vtoNfigurativecover and hide from intellectual view
              • vtoNpassivebe hidden
                yōu OC: qriw MC: ʔi̯u 9 AttributionsWD

              Yōu 幽 refers primarily to putting or leaving something in the dark and thus by extension to concealing it.

                Syntactic words
              • vadNconcealed, hidden
              • vadVin hiding, hidden away, all hidden away; in hidden confinement 幽死
              • vibe hidden, live in hiding; live in hidden seclusion
              • vtoNrare: hide (woman) away and keep her in confinement
                yǎn OC: qromʔ MC: ʔiɛm 5 AttributionsWD

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNcover up for see 掩蓋
              • vtoNfigurativeconceal
              • vtoNmiddle voiceget concealed, remain concealedCH
                mì OC: priɡs MC: pi 5 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vadNhidden
              • vtoNhide in a secret place; keep secret
              • vtoNpassivebe kept concealed or secret
                cuàn OC: tshoons MC: tshʷɑn 5 AttributionsWD

              Cuàn 竄 is incoative and refers to the action of going into hiding.

                Syntactic words
              • viacthide away
              • vt+prep+Nhide in/at
              • vtoNconceal; hide
              • vttoN1.+N2hide N1 in N2
              • vttoN1.+prep+N2reflexive.自hide (oneself) at N2
                àn OC: qɯɯms MC: ʔəm 5 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vadVin a hidden way> imperceptiblyCH
              • vibe hidden
              • vt[oN]hide things, be secretive
              • vtoNhide in the dark (what is before one etc)
              覆藏  fù cáng OC: buɡs sɡaaŋ MC: bɨu dzɑŋ 4 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPimiddle voicebe concealed
              • VPt(oN)conceal the contextually determinate thing N
              • VPt(oN)object=fromhide from the contextually determinate N
              • VPtoNresultativecover so as to hide: hide away
                gài OC: kaabs MC: kɑi 3 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNfigurativecover over something in order to hide it
                sōu OC: sru MC: ʂɨu 2 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • virare: be hidden from view; dissimulate
                bì OC: beds MC: biɛi 2 AttributionsWD

                Word relations
              • Oppos: 飾/EMBELLISH The current general word for embellishment of anything concrete or abstract is shì 飾.

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNpassivebe concealed (for 蔽)
                yǎn OC: qromʔ MC: ʔiɛm 2 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNcover up and cancel out (wicked deeds or clear merits)
                dùn OC: ɡ-luuns MC: duo̝n 2 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vt(oN)hide away from a contextually determinate person
              • vtoNhide from; ZUO ZZ 28: abscond secretly, disappear (during the night)
                yīn OC: qrɯm MC: ʔim 2 AttributionsWD

                Word relations
              • Epithet: 情/FEELING Qíng 情 refers specifically to one's real inner state, and one's basic essential feelings, one's essential emotional repertoire, and we have no more "love is a 情" in classical Chinese than "love is a 心".

                Syntactic words
              • vadNpassivehidden, concealed
              幽閉  yōu bì OC: qriw piids MC: ʔi̯u pei 2 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPt(oN)confine and keep in obscurity a contextually determinate woman
              • vtoNpassiveSHANGSHU, LYUXING, KONGZHUAN: (of women) to be confined at home (there is controversy about the exact nature of the process involved)
              藏匿  cáng nì OC: sɡaaŋ nɯɡ MC: dzɑŋ ɳɨk 2 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPiacthide
              • VPtoNreflexive.自hide (oneself) thoroughly
                qián MC: dzjem OC: sɡamCH 2 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtt[oN1.] prep N2reflexivehide [oneself] in N2CH
              • vtoNreflexive.身hideCH
              • vtt[oN1.] prep N2hide oneself in N2CH
                wēi OC: mɯl MC: mɨi 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • vimiddle voiceof light: be faint as if half-concealed
              • vt[adN]middlevoicehidden, imperceptible thing(s)LZ
              • vtoNrare: hide the whereabouts (of a person)
              • vtoNmiddle voicehidden, imperceptible
                mán OC: mboon MC: mʷɑn 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtt[+N1.]oN2conceal things from N2
                tuō OC: ph-laaɡ MC: thɑk 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • vitake refuge, hide
              • vtoNreflexive.自conceal (oneself) in a place of refuge
                duǒ OC: toolʔ MC: tʷɑ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • vt[oN{REFLEX}]reflexivehide oneself
                zhàng OC: kjaŋs MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNconceal from one's own sight, block the sight of
              不見  bù jiàn OC: pɯʔ keens MC: pi̯ut ken 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VP[adN]the invisible; what has not manifestd itself
              伏藏  fú cáng OC: bɯɡ sɡaaŋ MC: buk dzɑŋ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • NPfúzàng?? concealed things
              • VPadNhidden
              奄伏  yǎn fú OC: qromʔ bɯɡ MC: ʔiɛm buk 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPtoNreflexive.自conceal (oneself) by lying low; hide
              掩匿  yǎn nì OC: qromʔ nɯɡ MC: ʔiɛm ɳɨk 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPtoNresultativekeep hidden; hide away from public sight (also abstract things such as shortcomings)
              蓋覆  gài fù OC: kaabs phuɡ MC: kɑi phuk 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPt+prep+Nhide N from sight
              • vt[oN]cover up things so as to hide them from view
              逃匿  táo nì OC: ɡ-laaw nɯɡ MC: dɑu ɳɨk 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPiresultativeflee so as to go into hiding
              逃隱  táo yǐn OC: ɡ-laaw qɯnʔ MC: dɑu ʔɨn 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPtoNresultativeflee so as to be able to hide
              隱遁  yǐn dùn OC: qɯnʔ ɡ-luuns MC: ʔɨn duo̝n 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPt[oN[REFLEX]]reflexiveconceal oneself from a contextually determinate person
              掩蔽  yǎn bì MC: 'jemX pjiejH OC: qromʔ pedsCH 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNbe kept hidden awayCH
              隱匿  yǐn nì MC: 'j+nX nrik OC: qɯnʔ nɯɡLZ 1 AttributionWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPtoNto hide N awayLZ
                yǎn OC: qanʔ MC: ʔi̯ɐn 0 AttributionsWD

                Word relations
              • Assoc: 伏/CONCEAL Fú 伏 (ant. chū 出 "come into the open") refers prinarily to hiding in a certain terrain.

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNhide
                hán OC: ɡlɯɯm MC: ɦəm 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNkeep inside so as not to let others see> conceal inside; keep inside oneself; fail to show openly; avoid showing openly
                Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 AttributionsWD

              chuāi

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNchuāi:hide something;store at an invisible place
                àn OC: qɯɯms MC: ʔəm 0 AttributionsWD

                Word relations
              • Ant: 著/SHOW Zhù 著 (ant. bì 蔽 "block from sight") is to show something up as deserving great attention.

                Syntactic words
              • vtoNhide
                chén OC: ɡrlum MC: ɖim 0 AttributionsWD

                Word relations
              • Assoc: 隱/CONCEAL The current general word for hiding anything is yǐn 隱 (ant. xiǎn 顯 "display clearly") which refers to the hiding of anything, physically or intellectually.

                Syntactic words
              • vadNconcealed
              伏竄  fú cuàn OC: bɯɡ tshoons MC: buk tshʷɑn 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPiacthide away
              祕藏  mì cáng OC: priɡs sɡaaŋ MC: pi dzɑŋ 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPadNdeeply hidden
              蔽隱  bì yǐn OC: peds qɯnʔ MC: piɛi ʔɨn 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • VPiactcover oneself so as to become concealed> hide away
                yǐn OC: qrɯmʔ MC: ʔim 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNHANSHU: hide 不伐其能 飲其德
                Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
                Syntactic words
              • vtoNreflexive.身hideCH

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