盖 (蓋) gài
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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) -
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) -
gě
proper noun
Ge
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '蓋' gě n 1) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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') -
gài
noun
an umbrella; a canopy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '蓋' 2, p. 126; XHZD '盖' 2) -
gài
noun
a shell
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (XHZD '盖' 5) -
gài
noun
sogon grass
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 茅草 (Guoyu '蓋' gài n 1) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
hé
adverb
why
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 为何 (Guoyu '蓋' hé adv 1) -
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) -
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) -
gài
noun
a roof; thatched roofing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '蓋' 1, p. 126) -
gài
verb
to respect; to uphold
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '蓋' 4, p. 126) -
gài
noun
a crest
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Especially of an animal (Kroll 2015 '蓋' 5, p. 126)
Contained in
- 雷盖(雷蓋) reggae
- 盖阙(蓋闕) difficult to confirm
- 覆盖率(覆蓋率) coverage
- 盖子(蓋子) cover; lid ; shell
- 头盖骨(頭蓋骨) skull; cranium
- 劈头盖脸(劈頭蓋臉) splitting the head and covering the face; pelting (with rain etc); showering down
- 铺盖(鋪蓋) bedding; bedclothes ; to spread evenly
- 盖牌(蓋牌) to fold (poker)
- 锅盖头(鍋蓋頭) bowl cut (hairstyle)
- 指甲盖(指甲蓋) fingernail
- 盖度(蓋度) coverage
- 铺天盖地(鋪天蓋地) hiding the sky and covering the earth; earth-shattering; omnipresent; of universal importance
- 秃宝盖(秃寶蓋) name of Kangxi radical 14 ; name of cover radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14)
- 阿尔盖达(阿爾蓋達) al-Qaeda
- 引擎盖(引擎蓋) (car) hood; bonnet
- 比尔盖茨(比爾蓋茨) Bill Gates
- 覆盖面(覆蓋面) coverage
- 盖闻(蓋聞) we have heard that
- 盖茨 Gates ; Gates (name)
- 盖浇饭(蓋澆飯) rice with meat and vegetables
- 头盖(頭蓋) skull; cranium
- 遮盖(遮蓋) to hide; to conceal ; to shelter; to cover
- 钤盖关防(鈐蓋關防) to affix a seal
- 盖儿(蓋兒) cover; lid
- 盖门(蓋門) closing cover; door (e.g. of photocopier)
- 宝盖(寶蓋) name of Kangxi radical 40 ; a jeweled canopy
- 顶盖(頂蓋) roof; lid
- 周瑜打黄盖(周瑜打黃蓋) with the connivance of both sides; by mutual consent
- 卷铺盖(捲鋪蓋) to pack and quit; to be sacked
- 滑盖手机(滑蓋手機) slider phone
- 大盖帽(大蓋帽) peaked cap; service cap; visor cap
- 盖兹(蓋茲) Gates
- 盖层(蓋層) cap rock
- 宝盖头(寶蓋頭) name of Kangxi radical 40
- 软口盖(軟口蓋) soft palate; velum
- 腐殖覆盖物(腐殖覆蓋物) mulch
- 盖帽(蓋帽) block (basketball)
- 冰盖(冰蓋) ice sheet
- 掖掖盖盖(掖掖蓋蓋) stealthily; clandestinely
- 车盖(車蓋) vehicle roof
- 盖火锅(蓋火鍋) to block a shot (basketball)
- 锅盖(鍋蓋) saucepan lid
- 篷盖布(篷蓋佈) sail cloth
Also contained in
若尔盖 、 加盖 、 麦盖提县 、 盖县 、 拉盖尔 、 若尔盖县 、 盖世太保 、 比尔·盖茨
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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
- 第十九回 Chapter 19 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 41
- 卷三十一 志第七 曆一 Volume 31 Treatises 7: Calendar 1 History of Ming 明史 — 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
- 盖言 (蓋言) 子蓋言子之志於公乎 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 2
- 盖云 (蓋雲) 蓋云歸哉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧黍苗 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Shu Miao — 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
- 欲盖 (欲蓋) 欲蓋而章 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 序 Preface — count: 2
- 盖不可 (蓋不可) 蓋不可矣 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2