遮羞布

Chinese

		to hush up a scandal; to cover up one's embarrassment	to declare; to announce; to spread to declare; to announce; to spread; to make known; spread; (cotton) cloth
simp. and trad. (遮羞布)		遮羞	布

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēxiūbù

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜㄒㄧㄡㄅㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ze¹ sau¹ bou³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhēxiūbù
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜㄒㄧㄡㄅㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeshioubuh
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhesioubù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ ɕjoʊ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ze¹ sau¹ bou³
  - Yale: jē sāu bou
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dze¹ sau¹ bou³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zé¹ seo¹ bou³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛː⁵⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵ pou̯³³/

Noun

遮羞布

loincloth (piece of clothing)
(figuratively) cover-up (for something shameful or contemptible); fig leaf

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