HSK 5 · Verbs

盖 gài “lid” in Chinese

Traditional 蓋

What 盖 means

  1. lid
  2. to cover
  3. to build
  4. top
  5. canopy
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to conceal

How to say 盖

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale盖gài4th tone, falling

盖 in a sentence

  1. 新买的被子盖起来非常暖和。

    Xīn mǎi de bèizi gài qǐlai fēicháng nuǎnhuo.

    The new quilt is lovely and warm to sleep under.

    Sentence #9987090 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他给自己盖了一栋新房子。

    Tā gěi zìjǐ gài le yí dòng xīn fángzi.

    He built himself a new house.

    Sentence #885528 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 生产日期在盖子上。

    Shēngchǎn rìqī zài gàizi shang.

    The production date is on the lid.

    Sentence #4621020 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 盖 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 盖 (gài) with each of its parts in a different colour
盖gàilid
  • 羊sheep · yáng
  • 皿dish · mǐn

How to write 盖

盖 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

盖 (gài) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 盖 (gài). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 盖

Words with 盖

膝盖xīgài · knee覆盖fùgài · to cover掩盖yǎngài · to cover up盖章gàizhāng · to stamp (with a seal)

More words: Common Verbs

扶fú · to hold up改进gǎijìn · to improve改善gǎishàn · to make better改正gǎizhèng · to correct干活儿gànhuór · to work搞gǎo · to do公开gōngkāi · open贡献gòngxiàn · to contribute

FAQs

盖 (gài) means “lid” or “to cover”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gài: gài with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 盖 is written 蓋. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 盖 from the suggestions. Typing gai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
盖 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.