捂
wǔ HSK7

resist

捂 wǔ
cover verb
to cover with the hand or enclose (such as eyes, nose, or ears)

她害羞地用手捂住了脸。

tā hài​xiū de yòng shǒu wǔ zhù le liǎn.

She shyly covered her face with her hands.

conceal verb
to cover up or keep secret, such as an affair or mistake

这种事是捂不住的，真相早晚会大白。

zhè zhǒng shì shì wǔ bù zhù de, zhēn​xiàng zǎo​wǎn huì dà​bái.

This kind of thing cannot be covered up; the truth will eventually come out.

contradict verb
to be contrary to or in opposition

妈妈用手捂着嘴，惊讶地叫出声来。

mā​ma yòng shǒu wǔ zhe zuǐ, jīng​yà de jiào chū​shēng lái.

Mom covered her mouth with her hand and let out a cry of surprise.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
3,092nd most common 8.72 per million
Movie subtitles
3,307th most common 2.05 per million appears in 1% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.55 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
14.2 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+6342

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)