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mán

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mán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mán | man2
English translation
to deceive, to lie; to regard with suspicion

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About mán

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

mán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

eye

Etymology of mán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

目㒼

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

mán

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Words with mán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
隐瞒 yǐnmán to conceal隱瞞
mán to conceal from mán
瞒报 mán bào to conceal or deceive in a report瞞報
瞒天过海 mán tiān guò hǎi to cross the sea by a trick (idiom)瞞天過海
欺瞒 qī mán to fool欺瞞
瞒骗 mán piàn to deceive瞞騙
瞒上欺下 mán shàng qī xià to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom)瞞上欺下
瞒哄 mán hǒng to deceive瞞哄
瞒心昧己 mán xīn mèi jǐ to blot out one's conscience瞞心昧己
瞒天大谎 mán tiān dà huǎng enormous lie瞞天大謊

mán Decomposition & Compounds

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