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
- 宝盖(寶蓋) name of Kangxi radical 40 ; a jeweled canopy
- 覆盖面(覆蓋面) coverage
- 倾盖(傾蓋) to meet in passing; to get on well at first meeting
- 翻盖(翻蓋) flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc); to rebuild; to renovate
- 搭盖(搭蓋) to build (especially with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up
- 盖茨比(蓋茨比) Gatsby
- 卷铺盖(捲鋪蓋) to pack and quit; to be sacked
- 大盖帽(大蓋帽) peaked cap; service cap; visor cap
- 锅盖头(鍋蓋頭) bowl cut (hairstyle)
- 盖阙(蓋闕) difficult to confirm
- 盖火锅(蓋火鍋) to block a shot (basketball)
- 阿盖达(阿蓋達) al-Qaeda
- 盖率(蓋率) coverage
- 盖上(蓋上) to cover
- 盖兹(蓋茲) Gates
- 盖然性(蓋然性) probability
- 幡盖(幡蓋) a scroll style canopy
- 遮盖(遮蓋) to hide; to conceal ; to shelter; to cover
- 盖瓦(蓋瓦) tiling
- 后盖(後蓋) back cover; shell (of crab etc)
- 盖帽儿(蓋帽兒) to block a shot (basketball); excellent; fantastic
- 盖层(蓋層) cap rock
- 东茅草盖(東茅草蓋) thatched roof
- 涂盖(塗蓋) to coat; to mask; to plaster over
- 顶盖(頂蓋) roof; lid
- 才华盖世(才華蓋世) peerless talent; incomparable artistic merit
- 封盖(封蓋) cap; seal; cover; to cover; blocked shot (basketball)
- 指甲盖(指甲蓋) fingernail
- 盖帽(蓋帽) block (basketball)
- 膝盖骨(膝蓋骨) kneecap
- 盖饭(蓋飯) rice with meat and vegetables
- 篷盖布(篷蓋佈) sail cloth
- 头盖骨(頭蓋骨) skull; cranium
- 岛盖部(島蓋部) pars perculairs
- 腐殖覆盖物(腐殖覆蓋物) mulch
- 锅盖(鍋蓋) saucepan lid
- 覆盖率(覆蓋率) coverage
- 滑盖手机(滑蓋手機) slider phone
- 盖茨 Gates ; Gates (name)
- 盖世(蓋世) unrivalled; matchless
- 华盖(華蓋) an imperial canopy; an aureole; a halo
- 盖革计数器(蓋革計數器) Geiger counter
- 臭盖(臭蓋) to drivel
- 盖菜(蓋菜) leaf mustard
- 掖掖盖盖(掖掖蓋蓋) stealthily; clandestinely
Also contained in
麦盖提 、 若尔盖 、 拉盖尔 、 盖州 、 盖世太保 、 盖亚那
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
- 卷五 Scroll 5 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 35
- 第六十回 Chapter 60 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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
- 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
- 盖用 (蓋用) 君蓋用漆 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪大記》 The Greater Record of Mourning Rites — count: 2