gài

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  • 1

    v.fmlcover (up); lid; put a cover/lid on; fit/get a lid on; envelop; film; coat

    • jī xuě gěi tián yě gài shàng le yī jiàn bái sè de wài yī

      积雪田野白色外衣

      The snow covered up the fields with a white cloak.

    • zhuō zi shang gài le yī céng huī

      桌子

      The table was covered in a layer of ash.

    • xiāng zi méi gài yán

      箱子

      The lid of the box hasn't been put on right.

  • 2

    n.fmllid; cover; cap; top

    • tā bù xiǎo xīn dǎ suì le chá hú gài

      小心打碎茶壶

      He accidentally broke the lid of the teapot.

    • lù shang de yī gè xià shuǐ dào jǐng kǒu méi yǒu gài

      下水道井口没有

      There is a well left open in the street.

    • tā wàng le bǎ píng zi gài fàng nǎ le

      瓶子

      He forgot where he put the bottle cap.

  • 3

    v.fmlbuild; construct; raise; erect

    • sù shè gài hǎo le

      宿舍

      The dormitory has been built.

    • jiàn zhù gōng rén men zài gài dà lóu

      建筑工人大楼

      The construction workers are putting up the building.

    • tā de fáng zi hái méi gài hǎo

      房子

      His house hasn't been built yet.

  • 4

    n.fmlshell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.)

    • wū guī gài

      乌龟

      turtle shell

    • páng xiè gài

      螃蟹

      crabshell

    • tóu gài gǔ

      cranium

  • 5

    v.fmlaffix a seal to; seal

    • méi yǒu gài guò zhāng de zhèng míng shì wú xiào de

      没有证明无效

      Certificates that have not been stamped are not valid.

    • tā zài qiàn tiáo shang gài shàng le shǒu yìn

      欠条手印

      He put a handprint on the IOU.

    • zhè fēng wén jiàn gài le gāng yìn

      文件钢印

      The document was stamped with steel.

  • 6

    v.fmlsurpass; top; excel

    • huān hū shēng gài guò le tā de jiào shēng

      欢呼

      Cheers drowned his shouting.

  • 7

    adv.fmlabout; around; approximately

    • sǐ shāng zhě gài bǎi rén

      死伤

      About a hundred people were injured or killed.

  • 8

    n.fmla farm tool used for levelling land; leveller

  • 9

    n.archumbrella; canopy; covering/awning on a cart

    • tiān gài

      the canopy of the heavens

Words and phrases with 盖

  • 盖帽
    [word]nut cap; blocking a shot
  • 盖没
    [word]drowning
  • 盖碗
    [word]covered teacup
  • 盖世
    [word]unparalleled among contemporaries
  • 盖饭
    [word]bowl of rice served with meat and vegetables on top
  • 盖层
    [word]cap rock
  • 盖天说
    [word]heavenly cover cosmology
  • 盖世太保
    [word]Gestapo
  • 盖浇饭
    [word]rice combo
  • 盖世无双
    [idiom]second to none
  • 盖世之才
    [idiom]talent unsurpassed in one's generation
  • 盖棺定论
    [idiom]only when the lid is laid on a person's coffin, can the final judgement be passed on him
  • 盖地而来
    [idiom]come in large numbers
  • 盖世英雄
    [idiom]peerless/matchless hero
  • 盖棺论定
    [idiom]Final assessment/judgment of a person is possible only when the lid is placed on his/her coffin.

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Chinese Characters with pinyin gài

  • general idea; manner
  • calcium
  • beg; beggar
  • used as a component of 芥菜; used as a component of 芥蓝
  • irrigate