| yǎn | to cover up/to surprise |
| 掩 | to cover up to surprise |
| 掩人耳目 | to block the ears and eyes (idiom); to hoodwink to dissimulate to deceive |
| 掩体 | bunker (military) |
| 掩口而笑 | to laugh in secret; to hide one's smile |
| 掩埋 | to bury |
| 掩护 | to screen to shield to cover |
| 掩护火力 | covering fire |
| 掩护物 | cover; front |
| 掩护部队 | screen; covering force |
| 掩星 | obscuration; occultation |
| 掩映 | set off one another |
| 掩杀 | to make a surprise attack to pounce on (an enemy) |
| 掩样法 | illusion |
| 掩泣 | cover one's face with one's hands and start weeping |
| 掩盖 | to conceal to hide behind to cover up |
| 掩盖真相 | to cover up the facts |
| 掩耳 | to refuse to listen |
| 掩耳不闻 | to turn a deaf ear |
| 掩耳却步 | to close the ears and step back |
| 掩耳盗铃 | lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell to deceive oneself to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) |