# 掩苦雞
## Chinese

| | | cover up; to surprise | bitter; intensely; miserablebitter; intensely; miserable; painful | fowl; chicken |
| trad. (掩苦雞/掩苦鷄) | trad. (掩苦雞/掩苦鷄) | 掩 | 苦 | 雞/鷄 |
| simp. (掩苦鸡) | simp. (掩苦鸡) | 掩 | 苦 | 鸡 |

### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ng-khó͘-koe
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Hsinchu, Kinmen, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ng-khó͘-koe
*** Tâi-lô: ng-khóo-kue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ngqofkoef
*** IPA (Kinmen): /ŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³⁻²⁴ kue⁴⁴/

### Noun

掩苦雞
* (Hsinchu, Kinmenese and Taichung Hokkien) hide-and-seek

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 捉迷藏 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 捉迷藏 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 藏貓兒, 藏貓貓兒, 藏蒙哥兒, 藏蒙兒, 藏悶兒, 摸老瞎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 捉迷藏, 躲迷藏 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 藏蒙根兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 藏媽乎兒, 藏貓兒, 藏貓貓兒, 抓瞎乎兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 捉迷藏 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 藏貓兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 藏蒙個兒, 蒙瞎子, 逮瞎蒙, 蒙瞎瞎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 藏貓貓兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 藏摸兒摸兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 藏悶兒老 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 藏摸摸 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 藏貓乎, 摸瞎 ‡ |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 打瞎呼兒 ‡ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 藏悶兒悶兒, 藏老悶兒, 藏貓虎兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 當藏母兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 訪馬武 †, 捂瞎貓 ‡ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 藏蒙兒, 逮蒙兒, 藏貓兒 †, 瞎子逮跛子 ‡ |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 藏麻麻胡兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 藏老夢兒夢兒 †, 藏找夢兒夢兒 †, 摸瞎兒 ‡ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 藏蒙蒙 ‡, 藏老蒙 ‡, 躲蒙蒙 ‡, 躲老蒙 ‡ |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 蒙蒙藏藏, 藏藏蒙蒙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 藏麻麻兒猴兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 逮貓兒 †, 藏貓兒 †, 捉迷藏 †, 瞎子摸團魚 ‡, 瞎子摸魚 ‡ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 躲貓 † |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 躲貓貓 †, 蒙貓貓 ‡ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 躲貓貓 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蒙涼搶 dated |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蒙蒙躲, 蒙蒙藏, 躲蒙蒙藏, 瞎子摸魚 ‡ |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 躲貓貓 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 躲貓貓, 蒙貓貓 ‡, 捉迷藏 ‡ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 躲迷迷 †, 躲蒙蒙 †, 躲牆迷迷 †, 躲牆躲牆迷迷 †, 摸瞎子 ‡ |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 躲貓兒尋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 藏貓, 藏貓子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 伏匿匿 †, 捉匿匿 †, 捉伊人 ‡, 摸盲盲 ‡, 耍盲盲 ‡, 捉盲盲 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 捉伊人 †, 伏匿匿 †, 耍盲雞 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 耍盲雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 揞盲雞, 捉盲雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 摸盲雞 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 摸盲仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 捉伊人 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 捉伊人 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 匿盲絲雞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 捉伊人 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 捉迷藏 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 捉伊人 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 捉迷藏 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 捉伊人 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 暗暗暗 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 捉豬舟 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 耍盲公 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 耍盲公 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 耍盲公 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 耍盲公, 伏雞, 捉匿雞, 匿雞, 點火水匿雞 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 耍盲公 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 耍盲公 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 捉人仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 打尋 †, 捉人 ‡, 捉盲公 ‡, 摸屎盲兒 ‡ |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 做揞伏, 走挹 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 躲雞 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 伏雞蒙 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 收迷窿 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 搞柄柄 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 捉伊人 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蒙蒙躲躲 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 捉暗摸婆婆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 尋躲摒仔 †, 尋摒躲摒 †, 捉蒙蒙狗 ‡ |
| Hakka | Meixian | 摒人仔, 伏人仔, 捉人仔, 摸人仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 捉人 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 摒人 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 揞目, 摒扶 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 暗暗伏 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 捉人仔 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 拉蒙 ‡ |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 囥人尋, 賭人尋, 揞眯摸目仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 摒人尋, 揞目摒目, 揞目摒窟仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 囥人尋, 囥尋仔, 揞目眯仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 囥人尋, 揞眯摸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 囥人尋, 揞摸目仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 藏膨嬰, 尋妖精, 點妖精, 點膨嬰 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 摒人子 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 捉迷藏 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 躲貓貓 †, 尋縮 †, 摸命王 ‡, 揞垃圾 ‡ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 藏貓貓, 藏蒙蒙 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 藏迷迷 †, 瞎子逮拐子 ‡ |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 藏老蒙兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 藏老蒙兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 拿角猴, 儲角猴 † |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 躃躃搦, 板板搦, 屈屈搦, 掩風掩大目 †, 摸魚摸蝦 ‡ |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 掩摸摸, 去覕 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 覕相揣, 覕咯雞, 掩呼雞, 掩青盲公, 奕救國 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 覕揣, 掩呼雞 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 覕揣 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 掩呼雞 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 覕相揣, 覕踮揣, 掩呼雞, 奕救國 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 掩咯家 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 覕頷喓 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 掩咯雞 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 掩咯雞, 踮相揣, 踮喓 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 掩咯家, 走相覕 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 掩苦雞, 覕相揣, 掩咯雞 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 走相覕 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 掩咯雞, 覕相揣, 踮貓 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 覕相揣 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 掩苦雞, 踮貓 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 掩苦雞, 覕相揣 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 掩咯家, 覕相揣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 覕相揣 †, 掩呼雞 ‡ |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 踮揣, 走踮 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 捉迷藏 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 踮揣, 蒙目蝦 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 覕相揣 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 相藏 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 逃覓 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 做逃覓 † |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 覕𢶀, 青盲妖, 㧢青盲妖, 㧢目𢶀, 走覕 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 覕𢶀, 青盲妖, 搦青盲妖 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 躲雞 †, 揞雞兒盲 †, 捉雞兒盲 †, 捉雞 ‡, 摸兒盲 ‡ |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 捉迷藏 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 𨒃野貓 †, 𨒃野貓貓 †, 捉野貓 ‡, 捉猛猛 ‡ |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 摸花蚌 †, 摸昏蚌 †, 𨒃野貓 ‡ |
| Wu | Suzhou | 𨒃猛猛 †, 捉猛猛 ‡ |
| Wu | Wuxi | 𨒃羊模模 † |
| Wu | Danyang | 躲摸摸, 躲貓貓, 躲貓 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 躲貓貓果兒 †, 摸摸兒 ‡ |
| Wu | Ningbo | 尋幽貓 †, 搶窠幽貓 †, 摸暗子 ‡ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 縮尋 †, 縮樁兒 †, 縮縮兒 †, 縮起尋 †, 瞞樁兒 ‡, 摸樁兒 ‡, 摸摸兒 ‡ |
| Wu | Lishui | 來掩尋 † |
| Wu | Jinhua | 揢貓兒 †, 躲貓兒 †, 藏貓兒 †, 摸盲兒 ‡, 摸貓兒 ‡ |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 摸烏盲兒 ‡ |
| Xiang | Changsha | 尋躲子 †, 躲摸子 ‡, 捉摸子 ‡, 玩摸子 ‡ |
| Xiang | Loudi | 捉摸子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 捉摸子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 藏蒙倒 † |
| Note | † - hide-and-seek; ‡ - blind man's buff | † - hide-and-seek; ‡ - blind man's buff |

### Verb

掩苦雞
* (Hsinchu, Kinmenese and Taichung Hokkien) to play hide-and-seek