(cáng) - to hide, to conceal, to store in Mandarin
cángTraditional: 藏
Translation
to hide, to conceal, to store
Word origin
A phono-semantic character: the grass radical 艹 evokes hiding something away amongst vegetation, and 臧 (zāng) supplies the sound, giving the meaning to hide, conceal or store.
- Origin
- phono-semantic
- Root
- 艹 (grass radical) + 臧 (zāng, phonetic)
Stroke order
藏
Examples
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He hid the money under the bed.
捉迷。
The children are playing hide and seek.
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She concealed her true thoughts.
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A secret is hidden here.
沙。
The cat is hiding behind the sofa.
藏 (cáng) means to hide, to conceal, to store. It is a verb for putting something out of sight.
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