Chinese Notes

盖 (蓋) gài

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

盖阙(蓋闕) difficult to confirm
盖牌(蓋牌) to fold (poker)
头盖(頭蓋) skull; cranium
翻盖(翻蓋) flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc); to rebuild; to renovate
铺天盖地(鋪天蓋地) hiding the sky and covering the earth; earth-shattering; omnipresent; of universal importance
掩盖(掩蓋) to cover ; to conceal; to hide
膝盖骨(膝蓋骨) kneecap
搭盖(搭蓋) to build (especially with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up
盖儿(蓋兒) cover; lid
指甲盖(指甲蓋) fingernail
软口盖(軟口蓋) soft palate; velum
篷盖布(篷蓋佈) sail cloth
后盖(後蓋) back cover; shell (of crab etc)
秃宝盖(秃寶蓋) name of Kangxi radical 14 ; name of cover radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14)
盖茨比(蓋茨比) Gatsby
才华盖世(才華蓋世) peerless talent; incomparable artistic merit
平宝盖(平寶蓋) name of cover radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14)
建盖(建蓋) to build
覆盖面(覆蓋面) coverage
顶盖(頂蓋) roof; lid
引擎盖(引擎蓋) (car) hood; bonnet
盖子(蓋子) cover; lid ; shell
盖帽(蓋帽) block (basketball)
覆盖率(覆蓋率) coverage
盖兹(蓋茲) Gates
盖茨 Gates ; Gates (name)
盖世(蓋世) unrivalled; matchless
盖尔语(蓋爾語) Gaelic
涵盖(涵蓋) to cover; to comprise; to include
谢尔盖(謝爾蓋) Sergei (name)
大盖帽(大蓋帽) peaked cap; service cap; visor cap
华盖(華蓋) an imperial canopy; an aureole; a halo
锅盖(鍋蓋) saucepan lid
欲盖弥彰(欲蓋彌彰) trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous; A cover up only makes matters worse.
盖头(蓋頭) cover; cap; topping; head covering; veil
盖闻(蓋聞) we have heard that
阿尔盖达(阿爾蓋達) al-Qaeda
封盖(封蓋) cap; seal; cover; to cover; blocked shot (basketball)
东茅草盖(東茅草蓋) thatched roof
宝盖草(寶蓋草) henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
铺盖(鋪蓋) bedding; bedclothes ; to spread evenly
冰盖(冰蓋) ice sheet
盖浇饭(蓋澆飯) rice with meat and vegetables

Also contained in

加盖、若尔盖、比尔盖茨、盖县、盖世太保、苏姆盖特、三八大盖、麦盖提县

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
第二十回 Chapter 20 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 33
卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 33
卷10　志第5　禮儀五 Volume 10 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 32
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

Collocations

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
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
盖去 (蓋去) 蓋去者半 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《射義》 The Meaning of the Ceremony of Archery — 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
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