盖 (蓋) gài

1. gài noun a lid; top; cover
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '蓋' gài n 2; Kroll 2015 '蓋' 2, p. 126; Unihan '蓋'; XHZD '盖' 1)
2. gài verb to build
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 建 (Guoyu '蓋' gài v 4; XHZD '盖' 4)
3. gě proper noun Ge
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '蓋' gě n 1)
4. gài conjunction because
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Synonymous with 因为 and 由于 in this sense, used to begin a sentence (Guoyu '蓋' gài conj 1; Kroll 2015 '蓋' 6b, p. 126; XHZD '盖' 6-2)
5. gài adverb roughly; approximately
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Synonymous with 大概 in this sense (Guoyu '蓋' gài adv; XHZD '盖' 6-3)
6. gài conjunction but; yet
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: Synonymous with 却 and 则 in this sense (Guoyu '蓋' gài conj 2; XHZD '盖' 6-1)
7. gài adjective probably; about
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: 盖 may be used as an introductory particle to affirm the truth or to open the possibility of doubt (Kroll 2015 '蓋' 6, p. 126; Pulleyblank 1995, p. 124). For example, 蓋有之矣，我未之見也。 'Should there possibly be any such case, I have not seen it.' (Lunyu: 4.6/7/19, translation by Legge)
8. gài verb to cover; to hide; to protect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '蓋' gài v 1; Kroll 2015 '蓋' 2a, p. 126; Unihan '蓋')
9. gài noun an umbrella; a canopy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '蓋' 2, p. 126; XHZD '盖' 2)
10. gài noun a shell
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (XHZD '盖' 5)
11. gài noun sogon grass
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 茅草 (Guoyu '蓋' gài n 1)
12. gài verb to add to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: For example, to add a seal to a document (Guoyu '蓋' gài v 2)
13. gài verb to surpass; to overshadow; to overarch
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 超越 (Guoyu '蓋' gài v 3; Kroll 2015 '蓋' 3, p. 126)
14. gài verb to chatter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 吹牛 or 胡扯 (Guoyu '蓋' gài v 4)
15. hé adverb why
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In the sense of 为何 (Guoyu '蓋' hé adv 1)
16. hé adverb why not
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: In the sense of 何不 (Guoyu '蓋' hé adv 2; Kroll 2015 '蓋' hé, p. 126)
17. gě proper noun Ge
    Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Place Name 地名
    Notes: A historic place located in present-day Shandong (Guoyu '蓋' gě n 1)
18. gài noun a roof; thatched roofing
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '蓋' 1, p. 126)
19. gài verb to respect; to uphold
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '蓋' 4, p. 126)
20. gài noun a crest
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Especially of an animal (Kroll 2015 '蓋' 5, p. 126)

Contained in

• 引擎盖(引擎蓋) (car) hood; bonnet
• 钤盖关防(鈐蓋關防) to affix a seal
• 宝盖头(寶蓋頭) name of Kangxi radical 40
• 盖棺定论(蓋棺定論) don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin
• 臭盖(臭蓋) to drivel
• 涂盖(塗蓋) to coat; to mask; to plaster over
• 遮盖(遮蓋) to hide; to conceal ; to shelter; to cover
• 盖茨 Gates ; Gates (name)
• 盖菜(蓋菜) leaf mustard
• 周瑜打黄盖(周瑜打黃蓋) with the connivance of both sides; by mutual consent
• 盖上(蓋上) to cover
• 覆盖面(覆蓋面) coverage
• 大盖帽(大蓋帽) peaked cap; service cap; visor cap
• 秃宝盖(秃寶蓋) name of Kangxi radical 14
• 铺盖(鋪蓋) bedding; bedclothes ; to spread evenly
• 盖头(蓋頭) cover; cap; topping; head covering; veil
• 淹盖(淹蓋) to submerge; to flood; to drown out
• 腐殖覆盖物(腐殖覆蓋物) mulch
• 后盖(後蓋) back cover; shell (of crab etc)
• 膝盖骨(膝蓋骨) kneecap
• 盖茨比(蓋茨比) Gatsby
• 铺盖卷儿(鋪蓋卷兒) bedroll
• 盖帽儿(蓋帽兒) to block a shot (basketball); excellent; fantastic
• 铺天盖地(鋪天蓋地) hiding the sky and covering the earth; earth-shattering; omnipresent; of universal importance
• 顶盖(頂蓋) roof; lid
• 才华盖世(才華蓋世) peerless talent; incomparable artistic merit
• 菌盖(菌蓋) cap of mushroom
• 谢尔盖(謝爾蓋) Sergei (name)
• 滑盖手机(滑蓋手機) slider phone
• 华盖(華蓋) an imperial canopy; an aureole; a halo
• 盖碗(蓋碗) lidded teacup
• 盖浇饭(蓋澆飯) rice with meat and vegetables
• 卷铺盖走人(捲鋪蓋走人) to pack one's things and leave
• 车盖(車蓋) vehicle roof
• 搭盖(搭蓋) to build (especially with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up
• 锅盖(鍋蓋) saucepan lid
• 掩盖(掩蓋) to cover ; to conceal; to hide
• 涵盖(涵蓋) to cover; to comprise; to include
• 覆盖(覆蓋) to cover
• 盖台广告(蓋台廣告) slot advertisement; interstitial ad; splash ad
• 比尔盖茨(比爾蓋茨) Bill Gates
• 建盖(建蓋) to build

Also contained in

三八大盖 、 苏姆盖特 、 若尔盖县 、 盖县 、 若尔盖 、 加盖 、 盖州市 、 盖世太保 、 比尔·盖茨

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Truncated for common words

• 第十四回 Chapter 14 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 56
• 第十八回 Chapter 18 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 45
• 卷三十一 志第七 曆一 Volume 31 Treatises 7: Calendar 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 41
• 第十九回 Chapter 19 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 41
• 第六十回 Chapter 60 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 35
• 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 35
• 卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 33
• 第二十回 Chapter 20 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 33
• 卷63　列傳第28 樊子蓋 史祥 元壽 楊義臣 衞玄 劉權 Volume 63 Biographies 28: Fan Zigai, Shi Xiang, Yuan Shou, Yang Yichen, Wei Xuan, Liu Quan Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 32
• 卷10　志第5　禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 32

Collocations

• 执盖 (執蓋) 使華寅肉袒執蓋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 3
• 盖幂 (蓋冪) 蓋幂加勺 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) — count: 3
• 子盖 (子蓋) 吾聞子蓋將不欲立我也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 3
• 盖狄 (蓋狄) 蓋狄滅之 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
• 盖战 (蓋戰) 此蓋戰也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 2
• 盖藏 (蓋藏) 命百官謹蓋藏 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 2
• 盖曰 (蓋曰) 蓋曰天之所以為天也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《中庸》 The State of Equilibrium and Harmony, also known as the Doctrine of the Mean — count: 2
• 盖降 (蓋降) 以盖降 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 公食大夫禮 第九 9. Rites of the gong feasting a great officer — count: 2
• 盖用 (蓋用) 君蓋用漆 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 2
• 盖去 (蓋去) 蓋去者半 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《射義》 The Meaning of the Ceremony of Archery — count: 2