盖 (gài): lid, top, cover, canopy, to cover, to conceal
盖 (gài) is a Chinese character meaning “lid.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 羊 (structural) and 皿 (structural). It ranks #1051 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 盖 a dish 皿 with a lid 羊. Its radical form 皿 (dish) appears in many related characters such as 益 (yì, benefit), 盐 (yán, salt), 盘 (pán, tray).
Definitions
- lid
- top
- cover
- canopy
- to cover
- to conceal
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA dish 皿 with a lid 羊
Decomposition: ⿱羊皿 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 盖
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 膝盖noun | xī gài | knee |
| 掩盖verb | yǎn gài | to conceal |
| 盖子noun | gài zi | cover |
| 盖尔noun | gài ěr | Gaelic |
| 铺盖verb | pū gài | to spread evenly over |
| 盖茨proper-noun | gài cí | Gates (name) |
| 膝盖骨noun | xī gài gǔ | kneecap |
| 引擎盖noun | yǐn qíng gài | (car) hood |
| 遮盖verb | zhē gài | to hide |
| 盖世太保proper-noun | gài shì tài bǎo | Gestapo |
| 铺天盖地phrase | pū tiān gài dì | (lit.) eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom) |
| 头盖骨noun | tóu gài gǔ | skull |
| 盖章verb | gài zhāng | to affix a seal |
| 瓶盖noun | píng gài | bottle cap |
| 涵盖verb | hán gài | to cover |
盖 appears in 100 compound words: 38 as the first character, 40 as the last, and 22 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 盖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
to judge the accomplishments and faults of a person after their death; to reach a final decision or conclusion
to judge the accomplishments and faults of a person after their death; to reach a final decision or conclusion
one's contributions or feats are so great that one's monarch or superior feels uneasy and insecure
to judge the accomplishments and faults of a person after their death; to reach a final decision or conclusion
to judge the accomplishments and faults of a person after their death; to reach a final decision or conclusion
Example Sentences
盖字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
gě zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character "盖" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
东吴证券:首次覆盖东方电气给予买入评级,目标价41.9元-...
dōng wú zhèng quàn : shǒu cì fù gài dōng fāng diàn qì gěi yú mǎi rù píng jí , mù biāo jià 4 1 . 9 yuán . . .
Soochow Securities: For the first time, Dongfang Electric gave a buy rating, with a target price of 41.9 yuan-...
...岁男童疑弄坏舅父iPad 遭衣架打及用杯盖掟伤头浴血
. . . suì nán tóng yí nòng huài jiù fù i P a d zāo yī jià dǎ jí yòng bēi gài 掟 shāng tóu yù xiě
... A boy suspected of breaking his uncle's iPad was hit by a hanger and thrown a cup lid on his head and covered in blood
北区云向预告一周内上载价单 首批会涵盖不同景观
běi qū yún xiàng yù gào yī zhōu nèi shàng zài jià dān shǒu pī huì hán gài bù tóng jǐng guàn
North District Cloud announced that the price list will be uploaded within a week, and the first batch will cover different landscapes
开源证券:首次覆盖松原安全给予买入评级-FX168
kāi yuán zhèng quàn : shǒu cì fù gài sōng yuán ān quán gěi yú mǎi rù píng jí F X 1 6 8
Open source securities: Covered for the first time to give a buy rating - FX168
RBC Capital首次覆盖Light & Wonder股票,给予跑...
R B C C a p i t a l shǒu cì fù gài L i g h t W o n d e r gǔ piào , gěi yú pǎo . . .
RBC Capital covers Light & Wonder stocks for the first time, giving run...
母亲把药膏涂在了我膝盖的伤口上。
Mǔqīn bǎ yàogāo tú zài le wǒ xīgài de shāngkǒu shàng.
Mother applied the medicine to the sore on my knee.
富士山被雪所覆盖。
Fùshì Shān bèi xuě suǒ fùgài.
Mt. Fuji was covered with snow.
这个活塞不接触汽缸盖。
Zhège huósāi bù jiēchù qìgāng gài.
The piston does not come into contact with the cylinder cover.
乔治敦是盖亚那的首都。
Qiáozhìdūn shì Gàiyànà de shǒudū.
Georgetown is the capital of Guyana.
Character Family
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