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蓋

简 盖 · 繁 蓋
Mandarin · pinyin gài#

Meanings · gài

  1. lid
  2. top
  3. cover
  4. canopy
  5. to cover
  6. to conceal
  7. to build
Mandarin · pinyin Gě#

Meanings · Gě

  1. surname Ge
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蓋
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gài · cover, hide, protect
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gap3 · gap6 · goi3 · hap6 · koi3

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to cover; to conceal
  2. (figurative) to cover up; to conceal
  3. (Southern Min) to put on; to apply
  4. to stamp; to affix (a seal)
  5. to overwhelm; to surpass
  6. to build; to construct
  7. to talk nonsense; to chatter; to brag; to boast; to bluff
  8. cover; cap; lid
  9. shell (of a turtle, crab, etc.)
  10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) umbrella
  11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) thatch; straw mat
  12. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) canopy
  13. (dialectal) excellent; fantastic
  14. (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, Southern Sixian Hakka) very
  15. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) probably; roughly
  16. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) for; because
  17. a surname

character · Etymology 1

  1. (obsolete) alternative form of 盍 (hé, “to cover; to join together; thatch”)
  2. (obsolete) alternative form of 闔 /阖 (hé, “door leaf”)

character · Etymology 2

  1. (～邑) (historical) Ge (a city in the ancient state of Qi in modern-day Yishui County, Shandong)
  2. a surname

character · Etymology 3

  1. (obsolete) alternative form of 盍 (hé, “how; why”)
  2. (obsolete) alternative form of 盍 (hé, “why not”)

character · Etymology 4

  1. (alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 匼 (“to cover”)

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