盖 - gài - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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蓋 (盖)

gài

Definition

lid
top
cover
canopy
to cover
to conceal
to build

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

壒

ài

dust; mud

Related words (66)

to cover

unrivalled; matchless

cover; lid

to affix a seal; to stamp (a document)

蓋頭

gài tóu

cover; cap; topping; head covering; veil

cover; lid; shell

cap rock

block (basketball)

coverage (in botany)

coverage

tiling (of roofs, floors, walls etc)

lidded teacup

to affix a seal; to stamp (a document); to sign off on sth

leaf mustard

closing cover; door (e.g. of photocopier)

蓋飯

gài fàn

rice with meat and vegetables

蓋帽兒

gài mào r

(dialect) excellent; fantastic

蓋澆飯

gài jiāo fàn

rice with meat and vegetables

probability

(Tw) slot advertisement; interstitial ad; splash ad

傾蓋

qīng gài

to meet in passing; to get on well at first meeting

ice sheet

to seal (with official stamp); to stamp; (fig.) to ratify; to put lid on (cooking pot); to cap; to build an extension or additional storey

華蓋

huá gài

imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage); aureole; halo

後蓋

hòu gài

back cover; shell (of crab etc)

skull; cranium

name of "roof" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 40); see also 宀

封蓋

fēng gài

cap; seal; cover; to cover; blocked shot (basketball)

掩蓋

yǎn gài

to conceal; to hide behind; to cover up

搭蓋

dā gài

to build (esp. with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up

塗蓋

tú gài

to coat; to mask; to plaster over

涵蓋

hán gài

to cover; to comprise; to include

淹蓋

yān gài

to submerge; to flood; to drown out

翻蓋

fān gài

flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc); to rebuild; to renovate

knee

to drivel (Tw)

cap of mushroom

to cover

to hide; to cover (one's tracks)

鋪蓋

pū gài

to spread evenly over

鍋蓋

guō gài

saucepan lid; lid of a cooking pot; (satellite) dish

雷蓋

léi gài

reggae; also written 雷鬼

roof; lid

to pack and quit; to be sacked

大蓋帽

dà gài mào

peaked cap; service cap; visor cap

skull; cranium

henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)

pars perculairs

name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14); see also 冖

(car) hood; bonnet

top cap

fingernail

(dialect) knee

name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14); see also 冖

sail cloth

kneecap

coverage

coverage

soft palate; velum

thatched roof

stealthily; clandestinely

slider phone

bedroll

to pack one's things and leave

腐殖覆蓋物

fǔ zhí fù gài wù

mulch

車頭碗上蓋

chē tóu wǎn shàng gài

front bowl upper cover; top cap

Idioms (6)

蓋棺定論

gài guān dìng lùn

don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)

蓋棺論定

gài guān lùn dìng

don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)

劈頭蓋臉

pī tóu gài liǎn

(lit.) splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc); showering down

才華蓋世

cái huá gài shì

peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit

欲蓋彌彰

yù gài mí zhāng

trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.

鋪天蓋地

pū tiān gài dì

(lit.) hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering; omnipresent; of universal importance

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