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

涵盖(涵蓋) to cover; to comprise; to include
盖子(蓋子) cover; lid ; shell
盖特纳(蓋特納) Geithner (name) / Timothy Geithner
欲盖弥彰(欲蓋彌彰) trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous; A cover up only makes matters worse.
盖上(蓋上) to cover
覆盖面(覆蓋面) coverage
盖菜(蓋菜) leaf mustard
盖棺定论(蓋棺定論) don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin
雷盖(雷蓋) reggae
膝盖骨(膝蓋骨) kneecap
盖牌(蓋牌) to fold (poker)
覆盖率(覆蓋率) coverage
顶盖(頂蓋) roof; lid
磕膝盖(磕膝蓋) knee
滑盖手机(滑蓋手機) slider phone
锅盖头(鍋蓋頭) bowl cut (hairstyle)
盖章(蓋章) to affix a seal; to stamp (a document); to sign off on sth
东茅草盖(東茅草蓋) thatched roof
后盖(後蓋) back cover; shell (of crab etc)
淹盖(淹蓋) to submerge; to flood; to drown out
指甲盖(指甲蓋) fingernail
盖然性(蓋然性) probability
宝盖(寶蓋) name of Kangxi radical 40 ; a jeweled canopy
盖棺论定(蓋棺論定) don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin
翻盖(翻蓋) flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc); to rebuild; to renovate
盖尔(蓋爾) Gaelic / Geier or Gayer (name)
大盖帽(大蓋帽) peaked cap; service cap; visor cap
菌盖(菌蓋) cap of mushroom
钤盖关防(鈐蓋關防) to affix a seal
建盖(建蓋) to build
遮盖(遮蓋) to hide; to conceal ; to shelter; to cover
掩盖(掩蓋) to cover ; to conceal; to hide
盖台广告(蓋台廣告) slot advertisement; interstitial ad; splash ad
盖率(蓋率) coverage
倾盖(傾蓋) to meet in passing; to get on well at first meeting
腐殖覆盖物(腐殖覆蓋物) mulch
锅盖(鍋蓋) saucepan lid
引擎盖(引擎蓋) (car) hood; bonnet
涂盖(塗蓋) to coat; to mask; to plaster over
盖度(蓋度) coverage
盖瓦(蓋瓦) tiling
卷铺盖走人(捲鋪蓋走人) to pack one's things and leave
盖碗(蓋碗) lidded teacup
盖尔语(蓋爾語) Gaelic
盖革计数器(蓋革計數器) Geiger counter

Also contained in

盖亚那、麦盖提县、轮盖、拉盖尔、苏姆盖特、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
第二十回 Chapter 20 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 33
卷六 Scroll 6 Wenxuan 文選 — 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

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
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