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盖

gài

HSK 5 Character Traditional 蓋

What 盖 means

1. lid
2. top
3. cover
4. canopy
5. to cover
6. to conceal
7. to build

Other readings

盖 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Gěsurname Ge

Example sentences

• 我的膝盖疼。
  My knee aches.
• 这盖子打不开。
  Zhè gàizi dǎ bù kāi.
  The lid won't open.
• 积雪深及膝盖。
  The snow was knee deep.
• 我掀开了盖子。
  I opened the lid.
• 汤姆在盖房子。
  Tom is building a house.
• 山顶被雪覆盖了。
  Shāndǐng bèi xuě fùgài le.
  The top of the mountain is covered in snow.

Words starting with 盖

• 盖章gài zhāngto affix a seal; to stamp (a document); to sign off on sth
• 盖上gài shangto cover
• 盖子gài zicover; lid; shell
• 盖世gài shìunrivalled; matchless
• 盖房gài fángto build a house
• 盖儿gài rcover; lid
• 盖头gài tóucover; cap; topping
• 盖印gài yìnto affix a seal; to stamp (a document)
• 盖层gài céngcap rock
• 盖度gài dùcoverage (in botany)
• 盖尔Gài ěrGaelic; Geier or Gayer (name)
• 盖牌gài páito fold (poker)
• 盖瓦gài wǎtiling (of roofs, floors, walls etc)
• 盖门gài ména door-like or hinged cover (e.g. fuel door on a car, access hatch on a machine etc)
• 盖亚那Gài yà nàGuyana, NE of South America (Tw)
• 盖州市Gài zhōu ShìGaizhou, a county-level city in Yingkou City 营口市
• 盖然性gài rán xìngprobability
• 盖尔语Gài ěr yǔGaelic (language)
• 盖世太保Gài shì tài bǎoGestapo
• 盖台广告gài tái guǎng gào(Taiwan) slot advertisement; interstitial ad; splash ad
• 盖革计数器Gài gé jì shù qìGeiger counter
• 盖楼gài lóuto construct a building; (net slang) to reply to a thread
• 盖菜gài càileaf mustard
• 盖饭gài fànrice with meat and vegetables

Words containing 盖

• 覆盖fù gàito cover
• 掩盖yǎn gàito conceal; to hide behind; to cover up
• 膝盖xī gàiknee; (net slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
• 涵盖hán gàito cover; to comprise; to include
• 铺天盖地pū tiān gài dì(lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom)…
• 加盖jiā gàito seal (with an official stamp); to stamp; (fig.) to ratify
• 瓶盖píng gàibottle cap
• 遮盖zhē gàito hide; to cover (one's tracks)
• 铺盖pū gàito spread evenly over
• 锅盖guō gàisaucepan lid; (satellite) dish
• 井盖jǐng gàimanhole cover (more formally, 窨井盖
• 覆盖面fù gài miàncoverage
• 覆盖率fù gài lǜcoverage
• 劈头盖脸pī tóu gài liǎnlit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc)…
• 头盖骨tóu gài gǔskull; cranium
• 宝盖bǎo gàiname of the "roof" radical 宀
• 后盖hòu gàiback cover; shell (of crab etc)
• 华盖huá gàiimperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage); aureole; halo
• 雷盖léi gàireggae (loanword); also written 雷鬼
• 头盖tóu gàiskull; cranium
• 天灵盖tiān líng gàicrown of the head
• 宝盖草bǎo gài cǎohenbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
• 岛盖部dǎo gài bùpars perculairs
• 平宝盖píng bǎo gàiname of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14); see also 冖

Characters built on 王

These share the phonetic component 王 (wáng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 玳dàitortoise shell; turtle
• 瑷àifine quality jade

Characters that look like 盖

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 益yìbenefit; profit; advantage
• 盗dàoto steal; to rob; to plunder
• 羞xiūshy; ashamed; shame
• 崴wǎito sprain (one's ankle); see 崴子
• 葳wēiluxuriant
• 淼miǎoa flood; infinity

Sounds the same

Read gài, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 概(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically…
• 丐to beg for alms; beggar
• 溉to irrigate
• 钙calcium (chemistry)
• 乢ancient variant of 盖; ancient variant of 丐
• 戤(dialect) to counterfeit (a brand-name product)
• 芥see 芥蓝
• 槪variant of 概