瞞

See also: 瞒

瞞 U+779E, 瞞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-779E ← 瞝 [U+779D] CJK Unified Ideographs 瞟 → [U+779F]

Translingual

Traditional	瞞
Shinjitai (extended)	𥈞
Simplified	瞒

Han character

瞞 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 月山廿中月 (BUTLB), four-corner 6402₇, composition ⿰目㒼)

Derived characters

• 𤃞

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 816, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23649
• Dae Jaweon: page 1229, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2509, character 7
• Unihan data for U+779E

Chinese

trad.		瞞
simp.		瞒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (芇) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
芇	*men, *meːnʔ, *maːn
蹣	*boːn, *moːn
瞞	*moːn
顢	*moːn
樠	*moːn, *mon, *muːn
慲	*moːn
鬗	*moːn, *mons
滿	*moːnʔ
鏋	*moːnʔ
懣	*moːnʔ, *muːnʔ, *muːns
璊	*muːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *moːn) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic 目 (“eye”) + phonetic 㒼 (mán, “to cover something carefully and tightly without a break”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mán (man²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): màn
• Eastern Min (BUC): muàng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): boân / môa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): muan⁵

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶moe / ²moe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mán
    • Wade–Giles: man²
    • Yale: mán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: man
    • Palladius: мань (manʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /män³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: mun⁴
    • Yale: mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: màn
    • Hakka Romanization System: man^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: man²
    • Sinological IPA: /man¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muaŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boân
    • Tâi-lô: buân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boaan
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /buan¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /buan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môa
    • Tâi-lô: muâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muã²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /muã¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /muã²⁴/

Note:

• boân - literary;
• môa - vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: muan⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: muâⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mũã⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶moe
    • MiniDict: moe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³moe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mø²³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²moe
    • MiniDict: moe^平
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mø²²³/

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• Middle Chinese: man

Rime
Character	瞞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	母官切
Baxter	man
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwan/
Li Rong	/muɑn/
Wang Li	/muɑn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mán
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mun4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤ[o][r]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*moːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	瞞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mán
Middle Chinese	‹ man ›
Old Chinese	/*mˁ[o][r]/
English	be deceived
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	瞞
Reading #	1/1
No.	9033
Phonetic component	芇
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	瞞
Old Chinese	/*moːn/
Notes	朱駿聲芇聲

Definitions

瞞

1. to deceive; to lie; to conceal

   欺瞞／欺瞒  ―  qīmán  ―  to deceive, to dupe

   隱瞞／隐瞒  ―  yǐnmán  ―  to conceal; to hide; to cover up

   不瞞您說／不瞒您说  ―  bù mán nín shuō  ―  to tell you the truth

   原來你哋兩個拍咗拖兩年㗎啦？做咩瞞住我哋咁耐啊？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   原来你哋两个拍咗拖两年㗎啦？做咩瞒住我哋咁耐啊？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   jyun⁴ loi⁴ nei⁵ dei⁶ loeng⁵ go³ paak³ zo² to¹ loeng⁵ nin⁴ gaa⁴ laa⁴? zou⁶ me¹ mun⁴ zyu⁶ ngo⁵ dei⁶ gam³ noi⁶ aa³? [Jyutping]

   You two have been dating for two years? How come you've been keeping that from us for so long?

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) eyes half-closed

Synonyms

• (to deceive):

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• 作偽 / 作伪 (zuòwěi)
• 作假 (zuòjiǎ)
• 使手路 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 創戇 / 创戆 (Hokkien)
• 創戇仔 / 创戆仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 哄騙 / 哄骗 (hǒngpiàn)
• 喝人 (Hokkien)
• 壅蔽 (yōngbì) (literary)
• 打哄 (da³ hong³) (Xiang)
• 拆白 (chāibái) (dialectal)
• 拐騙 / 拐骗 (guǎipiàn)
• 日哄 (reh⁴ hung²) (Jin)
• 梟人 / 枭人 (Hakka)
• 棍騙 / 棍骗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 欺瞞 / 欺瞒 (qīmán)
• 欺詐 / 欺诈 (qīzhà)
• 欺騙 / 欺骗 (qīpiàn)
• 瞞哄 / 瞒哄 (mánhǒng)
• 瞞騙 / 瞒骗 (mánpiàn)
• 矇人 / 蒙人 (mēngrén)
• 矇混 / 蒙混 (ménghùn)
• 矇蔽 / 蒙蔽 (méngbì)
• 矇騙 / 蒙骗 (mēngpiàn)
• 糊弄 (hùnong) (colloquial)
• 耍花招 (shuǎ huāzhāo)
• 脫人 / 脱人 (tŏ̤-nêng) (Northern Min)
• 行騙 / 行骗 (xíngpiàn)
• 訛詐 / 讹诈 (ézhà)
• 詐騙 / 诈骗 (zhàpiàn)
• 誆騙 / 诓骗 (kuāngpiàn)
• 誑 / 诳 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 誘騙 / 诱骗 (yòupiàn)
• 誑騙 / 诳骗 (kuángpiàn)
• 變戲法 / 变戏法 (biàn xìfǎ) (figurative)
• 賺 / 赚 (zuàn) (colloquial)
• 騙 / 骗 (piàn)
• 騙人 / 骗人 (piànrén)

Compounds

• 不瞞 / 不瞒
• 不瞞你說 / 不瞒你说
• 唬鬼瞞神 / 唬鬼瞒神
• 實不相瞞 / 实不相瞒 (shíbùxiāngmán)
• 廝瞞 / 厮瞒
• 抵死瞞生 / 抵死瞒生
• 掩瞞 / 掩瞒
• 昧地瞞天 / 昧地瞒天
• 昧己瞞心 / 昧己瞒心
• 欺三瞞四 / 欺三瞒四
• 欺瞞 / 欺瞒 (qīmán)
• 欺瞞夾帳 / 欺瞒夹帐
• 瞞上欺下 / 瞒上欺下
• 瞞人 / 瞒人
• 瞞人眼目 / 瞒人眼目
• 瞞住 / 瞒住
• 瞞卻 / 瞒却
• 瞞哄 / 瞒哄 (mánhǒng)
• 瞞報 / 瞒报 (mánbào)
• 瞞天席地 / 瞒天席地
• 瞞天昧地 / 瞒天昧地
• 瞞天過海 / 瞒天过海 (mántiānguòhǎi)
• 瞞心昧己 / 瞒心昧己
• 瞞昧 / 瞒昧
• 瞞眼畫 / 瞒眼画
• 瞞瞞然 / 瞒瞒然
• 瞞神嚇鬼 / 瞒神吓鬼
• 瞞神弄鬼 / 瞒神弄鬼
• 瞞神諕鬼 / 瞒神𬤀鬼
• 瞞親 / 瞒亲
• 瞞貨 / 瞒货
• 瞞騙 / 瞒骗 (mánpiàn)
• 瞞魍魎 / 瞒魍魉
• 遮瞞 / 遮瞒
• 阿瞞 / 阿瞒 (Āmán)
• 隱瞞 / 隐瞒 (yǐnmán)

References

• “瞞”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 瞞

瞞

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. deception

Readings

• Go-on: まん (man)
• Kan-on: ばん (ban)
• On: ぼん (bon)
• Kun: だます (damasu, 瞞す)、あざむく (azamuku, 瞞く)、かたる (kataru, 瞞る)

Korean

Hanja

瞞 • (man) (hangeul 만, revised man, McCune–Reischauer man, Yale man)

1. deceive
2. lie
3. eyes half-closed

Vietnamese

Han character

瞞: Hán Nôm readings: man

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