gài

cover, hide, protect

HSK 5 #1052

DEFINITIONS

盖 gài
  • lid
  • top
  • cover
  • canopy
  • to cover
  • to conceal
  • to build
盖 gě
  • surname Ge

STROKES

WORDS

面 fù gài miàn coverage
huá gài imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage); aureole; halo
指甲 zhǐ jia gài fingernail
浇饭 gài jiāo fàn rice with meat and vegetables
帽 dà gài mào peaked cap; service cap; visor cap
fān gài flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc); to rebuild; to renovate
儿 gài r cover; lid
棺论定 gài guān lùn dìng don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
率 fù gài lǜ coverage
三八大 sān bā dà gài (coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
qīng gài to meet in passing; to get on well at first meeting
jiā gài 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
周瑜打黄 zhōu yú dǎ huáng gài fig. with the connivance of both sides; fig. by mutual consent; cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 zhan4]
tú gài to coat; to mask; to plaster over
bǎo gài name of "roof" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 40); see also 宀[mian2]
草 bǎo gài cǎo henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
fēng gài cap; seal; cover; to cover; blocked shot (basketball)
部 dǎo gài bù pars perculairs
平宝 píng bǎo gài name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14); see also 冖[mi4]
才华世 cái huá gài shì peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
尔 lā gài ěr Laguerre (name); Edmond Laguerre (1834-1886), French mathematician
卷铺 juǎn pū gài to pack and quit; to be sacked
卷铺走人 juǎn pū gài zǒu rén to pack one's things and leave
掖掖 yē yē gài gài stealthily; clandestinely
dā gài to build (esp. with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up