HSK 6 · Verbs

覆盖 fùgài “to cover” in Chinese

Traditional 覆蓋

What 覆盖 means

  1. to cover
  2. coverage

How to say 覆盖

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale覆fù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale盖gài4th tone, falling

覆盖 in a sentence

  1. 桌子被灰尘覆盖。

    Zhuōzi bèi huīchén fùgài.

    The table was covered in dust.

    Sentence #5613712 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 山顶被雪覆盖了。

    Shāndǐng bèi xuě fùgài le.

    The top of the mountain is covered in snow.

    Sentence #336005 from Tatoeba

  3. 公司的医疗保险覆盖了全部的医疗费用。

    Gōngsī de yīliáo bǎoxiǎn fùgài le quánbù de yīliáo fèiyòng.

    The company’s medical insurance covered all the medical costs.

    Sentence #805555 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 覆盖 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 覆 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
覆fùto cover
  • 覀cover form of 襾 · yàMeaning part
  • 復againSound part

覀 hints at the meaning (cover); 復 () hints at the sound. Compare it with fù.

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

How to write 覆盖

覆 18 strokes · 盖 11 strokes

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

Words related to 覆盖

Words with 盖

盖gài · lid膝盖xīgài · knee掩盖yǎngài · to cover up盖章gàizhāng · to stamp (with a seal)

More words: Common Verbs

奉献fèngxiàn · to dedicate分散fēnsàn · to scatter粉碎fěnsuì · to smash服从fúcóng · to obey抚摸fǔmō · to stroke俯视fǔshì · to look down on (from above)敷衍fūyǎn · to do something perfunctorily赋予fùyǔ · to give

FAQs

覆盖 (fùgài) means “to cover” or “coverage”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fùgài: fù with a 4th tone, then 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, 覆盖 is written 覆蓋. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fugai with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 覆盖 from the suggestions. Typing fugai into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
覆盖 is an HSK 6 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.