How to write 蓋

蓋 gài 1. 有遮蔽作用的東西。 (Something that serves as a cover or shade.) 2. 傘。 (Umbrella.) 3. 由上往下覆，遮掩。 (To cover or hide from above.) 4. 壓倒，超過。 (To overwhelm or exceed.) 5. 方言，超出一般地好。 (Dialects; exceptionally good.) 6. 用印，打上。 (To stamp or print.) 7. 造（房子）。 (To build, such as a house.) 8. 文言虛詞（①發語詞，如“～聞”；②表大概如此，如“～近之矣”；③連詞，表示原因，如“有所不知，～未學也”）。 (Classical grammar function words: ① A particle like "it seems"; ② To imply roughly so; ③ A conjunction to indicate cause, such as "unbeknownst to me, it is because I have not studied.") gài (Verb) 1. 遮蔽;掩蓋;引申爲概括。 (To hide; to cover; extended meaning to generalize.) 2. 引申爲勝過、超出。 (To extend meaning to surpass or exceed.) 3. 建造。 (To construct.) 4. 通「害」。傷害，殺害。 (To damage; to injure; to kill.) 5. 通「闔」。關閉。 (To close.) gài (Adverb) 1. 表示推測，相當於「大約」、「大概」。 (Indicating conjecture, equivalent to "about" or "probably.") 2. 卻，則。 (But.) 3. 通「盍」。 (Equivalent to "hé.") 4. 何。 (Why?) 5. 何不。 (Why not?) 6. 另見 gě。 (See also gě.) 古地名，在今中國山東省沂水縣西北。 (An ancient place name, located in the northwest of Yishui County, Shandong Province, China.) 姓。 (Surname.) gě (名) 1. 古地名。戰國齊蓋邑，漢置蓋縣，北齊廢。故城在今山東省沂水縣西北。 (An ancient place name, Gai County during the Warring States, later established in the Han Dynasty; the city lies in the northwest of Yishui County, Shandong Province.) 2. 另見 gài。 (See also gài.) 同“盍”，文言虛詞，何不。 (Same as "hé", a classical function word, meaning "why not.") 副词 岂、为何。同「盍」。 (Adverb: "qi", "why". Same as "hé".) 通“害”。危害。 (Synonymous with "hài", meaning to harm or endanger.)