wan2 cong4藴藏蕴藏
Jyutpingwan2 cong4
Yalewán chòhng
Definition
To contain or hold in store; to keep accumulated but unrevealed resources or power.
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How it's used
Focuses on things that are hidden or kept beneath the surface, often implying potential that has not yet been released or discovered. It is frequently used in formal or literary contexts, such as describing natural resources, historical artifacts, or deep-seated human emotions. While it can be used in speech, it carries a slightly more elevated or descriptive tone compared to everyday verbs like 有 or 裝住.
Examples
This place holds a lot of hidden treasures.
Do you know how much anger he is holding inside?
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Common mistake
Learners often confuse this with 隱藏, which means to hide or conceal something deliberately. 藴藏 implies a natural state of containing something within, whereas 隱藏 suggests an active effort to keep something out of sight.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
