How to write 盖
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Meaning of 盖
Pinyin
gài、 gě、 hé
Radical
皿
Strokes
11
Definition
lid / top / cover / canopy / to build, (surname)
Usage
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盖 gài
1. An object that provides shelter or cover.
一种有遮蔽作用的东西。
2. Umbrella.
伞。
3. To cover or hide from above.
由上往下覆，遮掩。
4. To surpass or exceed.
压倒，超过。
5. In dialects, it means exceptionally good.
方言，超出一般地好。
6. To brand or stamp.
用印，打上。
7. To build (a house).
造（房子）。
8. Literary function word (1. An interrogative word, e.g., "盖闻"; 2. Indicates approximation, e.g., "盖近之矣"; 3. A conjunction that indicates reason, e.g., "有所不知，盖未学也").
文言虚词（①发语词，如“～闻”；②表大概如此，如“～近之矣”；③连词，表示原因，如“有所不知，～未学也”）。
盖 gài
1. Straw mat, made of reed or thatch, which can cover the body or roof (En.: straw mat).
苫，用茅草编成的遮盖物，可以蔽体或覆屋顶。
2. Umbrella (En.: umbrella).
雨伞。
3. Awning on a carriage (En.: awning on a carriage).
车篷。
4. Lid or cover of a container (En.: lid; cover).
容器的盖子。
5. Rake, a kind of land preparation tool (En.: rake).
耢，一种整地的农具。
6. A leaf of a door (En.: door leaf), referring to a door panel.
通“阖”。门扇。
盖 gài
1. To hide; cover; extend to mean to summarize (En.: hide; cover).
遮蔽;掩盖;引申为概括。
2. To extend to mean to surpass or exceed (En.: surpass).
引申为胜过、超出。
3. To build (En.: build).
建造。
4. To mean "harm" (hài) (En.: damage; injure; kill and destroy).
通“害”。伤害，杀害。
5. To close (En.: close).
通“阖”。关闭。
6. Because; due to (En.: because).
因为，由于。
7. An exclamatory word (En.: oh).
发语词。
盖 gài
1. To indicate speculation, equivalent to "about" or "probably" (En.: about; probably).
表示推测，相当于“大约”、“大概”。
2. But (En.: but).
却，则。
3. Also refers to "何" (hè) (En.: why).
通“盍”。
4. Why (En.: why).
何。
5. Why not (En.: why not).
何不。
6. See gě (En.: another form).
另见 gě。
盖 gě
1. Ancient place name, Ge town in present-day Yishui County, Shandong Province (En.: Ge town).
古地名。战国齐盖邑，汉置盖县，北齐废。故城在今山东省沂水县西北。
2. See gài (En.: another form).
另见 gài。
盖 gě
1. Same as "盍", a literary function word meaning "why not" (En.: why not).
同“盍”，文言虚词，何不。
副词 岂、为何。同「盍」(En.: why).
副词 岂、为何。同「盍」。
《战国策．秦策一》：「人生世上，势位富厚，盖可忽乎哉！」
lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc) / showering down
lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
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
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Input Method for 盖
Pinyin
gai4
Wubi
uglf
Cangjie
tgbt
Zhengma
uclk
Four Corner
80102
Unicode
U+76d6
Stroke Number Category
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