盖

gài

lid

top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build

Sheep (羊) over dish (皿) = a lid placed on top

A dish (皿) with a sheep (羊) resting on top paints a vivid image of something draped or placed over a vessel. The idea of covering and concealing grows naturally from this layered picture.

羊+皿→盖
皿DishSemantic
羊SheepSemantic

锅上面有一个盖,别忘了盖上。

guō shàng miàn yǒu yī gè gài,bié wàng le gài shàng。

There is a lid on top of the pot; don't forget to cover it.

他们打算在村子里盖一座新房子。

tā men dǎ suàn zài cūn zi lǐ gài yī zuò xīn fáng zi。

They plan to build a new house in the village.

Words with 盖

若尔盖

ruò ěr gài

Zoigê County (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan

盖头

gài tóu

cover

膝盖

xī gài

knee

铺盖

pū gài

to spread evenly over

铺盖

pū gai

bedding; bedclothes

覆盖率

fù gài lǜ

coverage

搭盖

dā gài

to build (esp. with simple materials)

盖棺论定

gài guān lùn dìng

don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)

盖楼

gài lóu

to construct a building

盖浇饭

gài jiāo fàn

rice with meat and vegetables

遮盖

zhē gài

to hide

铺天盖地

pū tiān gài dì

lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom)

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