CONCEAL    藏隱／匿

CAUSE TO BECOME OBSCURE:invisible.
HIDESCREENCOVEROBSCUREBLOCK OUTBLOT OUTMASKSHROUDSECRETE
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. 匿 伏 影 藏 躲 隱瞞 相瞞 隱秘 隱匿 背 瞞 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hyponym
  • COVER　CONCEAL something by PUTTING something ABOVE it. (anc: 9/0, child: 2)
  • SECRET　VOLUNTARILY:deliberately CONCEALED FROM OTHERS OR from PERSONS OUTSIDE a certain GROUP. (anc: 9/0, child: 1)
  • HIDE ONESELF　CONCEAL ONESELF. (anc: 9/0, child: 0)
Antonym
  • PUBLICISEREPORT to ALL.
  • SHOWACT so as to TRY TO CAUSE something TO be PERCEIVED OR UNDERSTOOD.
  • VISIBLEABLE to be SEEN.
See also
  • AVOIDACT so as to CAUSE ONESELF NOT to ENCOUNTER OR SUFFER something.
  • TABOOFORBIDDEN BECAUSE of FEAR of the SUPERNATURAL OR the RULERS.
Hypernym
  • OBSCURE　DARK so as to be DIFFICULT to SEE, DIFFICULT to UNDERSTAND OR STRANGE to THINK of. (anc: 7/0, child: 4)
  • DARK　COLOUR LACKING BRIGHTNESS. (anc: 6/0, child: 1)
  • COLOUR　APPEARANCE of SURFACES which REFLECT OR ISSUE LIGHT, PERCEIVED USING the EYES. (anc: 5/0, child: 8)
  • 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 (45 items)

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

    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
    隱  yǐn OC: qɯnʔ MC: ʔɨn 29 Attributions

    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)
    匿  nì OC: nɯɡ MC: ɳɨk 27 Attributions

    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
    伏  fú OC: bɯɡ MC: buk 19 Attributions

    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
    蔽  bì OC: peds MC: piɛi 10 Attributions

      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
    幽  yōu OC: qriw MC: ʔi̯u 9 Attributions

    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
    闇  àn OC: qɯɯms MC: ʔəm 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVin a hidden way> imperceptiblyCH
    • vibe hidden
    • vt[oN]hide things, be secretive
    • vtoNhide in the dark (what is before one etc)
    掩  yǎn OC: qromʔ MC: ʔiɛm 5 Attributions

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

    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
    覆藏  fù cáng OC: buɡs sɡaaŋ MC: bɨu dzɑŋ 4 Attributions
      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
    蓋  gài OC: kaabs MC: kɑi 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNfigurativecover over something in order to hide it
    幽閉  yōu bì OC: qriw piids MC: ʔi̯u pei 2 Attributions
      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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiacthide
    • VPtoNreflexive.自hide (oneself) thoroughly
    遁  dùn OC: ɡ-luuns MC: duo̝n 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)hide away from a contextually determinate person
    • vtoNhide from; ZUO ZZ 28: abscond secretly, disappear (during the night)
    陰  yīn OC: qrɯm MC: ʔim 2 Attributions

      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
    廋  sōu OC: sru MC: ʂɨu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • virare: be hidden from view; dissimulate
    弊  bì OC: beds MC: biɛi 2 Attributions

      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)
    揜  yǎn OC: qromʔ MC: ʔiɛm 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNcover up and cancel out (wicked deeds or clear merits)
    潛  qián MC: dzjem OC: sɡam 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtt[oN1.] prep N2reflexivehide [oneself] in N2CH
    • vtoNreflexive.身hideCH
    • vtt[oN1.] prep N2hide oneself in N2CH
    逃隱  táo yǐn OC: ɡ-laaw qɯnʔ MC: dɑu ʔɨn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativeflee so as to be able to hide
    託  tuō OC: ph-laaɡ MC: thɑk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vitake refuge, hide
    • vtoNreflexive.自conceal (oneself) in a place of refuge
    躲  duǒ OC: toolʔ MC: tʷɑ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vt[oN{REFLEX}]reflexivehide oneself
    隱匿  yǐn nì MC: 'j+nX nrik OC: qɯnʔ nɯɡ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNto hide N awayLZ
    障  zhàng OC: kjaŋs MC: tɕi̯ɐŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNconceal from one's own sight, block the sight of
    掩蔽  yǎn bì MC: 'jemX pjiejH OC: qromʔ peds 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNbe kept hidden awayCH
    伏藏  fú cáng OC: bɯɡ sɡaaŋ MC: buk dzɑŋ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPfúzàng?? concealed things
    • VPadNhidden
    蓋覆  gài fù OC: kaabs phuɡ MC: kɑi phuk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt+prep+Nhide N from sight
    • vt[oN]cover up things so as to hide them from view
    奄伏  yǎn fú OC: qromʔ bɯɡ MC: ʔiɛm buk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNreflexive.自conceal (oneself) by lying low; hide
    逃匿  táo nì OC: ɡ-laaw nɯɡ MC: dɑu ɳɨk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPiresultativeflee so as to go into hiding
    隱遁  yǐn dùn OC: qɯnʔ ɡ-luuns MC: ʔɨn duo̝n 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPt[oN[REFLEX]]reflexiveconceal oneself from a contextually determinate person
    微  wēi OC: mɯl MC: mɨi 1 Attribution
      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
    掩匿  yǎn nì OC: qromʔ nɯɡ MC: ʔiɛm ɳɨk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNresultativekeep hidden; hide away from public sight (also abstract things such as shortcomings)
    瞞  mán OC: mboon MC: mʷɑn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtt[+N1.]oN2conceal things from N2
    不見  bù jiàn OC: pɯʔ keens MC: pi̯ut ken 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VP[adN]the invisible; what has not manifestd itself
    伏竄  fú cuàn OC: bɯɡ tshoons MC: buk tshʷɑn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiacthide away
    飲  yǐn OC: qrɯmʔ MC: ʔim 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNHANSHU: hide 不伐其能 飲其德
    祕藏  mì cáng OC: priɡs sɡaaŋ MC: pi dzɑŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadNdeeply hidden
    蔽隱  bì yǐn OC: peds qɯnʔ MC: piɛi ʔɨn 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPiactcover oneself so as to become concealed> hide away
    偃  yǎn OC: qanʔ MC: ʔi̯ɐn 0 Attributions

      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
    含  hán OC: ɡlɯɯm MC: ɦəm 0 Attributions
      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 MC:  OC: 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNreflexive.身hideCH
    揣  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions

    chuāi

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

      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
    沈  chén OC: ɡrlum MC: ɖim 0 Attributions

      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