cáng

to conceal

to hide away; to harbor; to store; to collect

grass (艹) + phonetic (臧) = tucking something away under cover

The grass radical suggests something tucked away beneath dense vegetation — plants as natural cover or concealment. 臧 mainly provides the sound cáng; the meaning of hiding is carried by the plant cover above.

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A surname and classical word meaning goodPhonetic
GrassSemantic

他把钱在床底下。

tā bǎ qián cáng zài chuáng dǐ xia。

He hid the money under the bed.

她不想让人知道,就把日记了起来。

tā bù xiǎng ràng rén zhī dào,jiù bǎ rì jì cáng le qǐ lái。

She didn't want anyone to know, so she hid her diary away.

Words with 藏

卧虎藏龙

wò hǔ cáng lóng

lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom)

道藏

dào zàng

Daoist scripture

金屋藏娇

jīn wū cáng jiāo

a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom); a magnificent house built for a beloved woman

阿坝藏族羌族自治州

ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]

隐藏

yǐn cáng

to hide

隐藏处

yǐn cáng chù

shelter

雅鲁藏布大峡谷

yǎ lǔ zàng bù dà xiá gǔ

Great Canyon of Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (through the southeast Himalayas, from Tibet to Assam and Bangladesh)

雅鲁藏布江

yǎ lǔ zàng bù jiāng

Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet

雪藏

xuě cáng

to keep sth in cold storage

青藏高原

qīng zàng gāo yuán

Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

青藏

qīng zàng

Qinghai and Tibet

青藏公路

qīng zàng gōng lù

Qinghai-Tibet Highway

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