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= g + e3
surname Ge
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gài = g + ai4
lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build
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How to pronounce 蓋

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= g initial

G is for Guy Fawkes.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ ai4 final

In the airplane’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= g initial

G is for Guy Fawkes.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ e3 final

In the elevator’s living room.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

蓋 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
cǎo = c + ao3
grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 zi4 tou2 r5]
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= h + e2
variant of 盍[he2]
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= h + e2
why not
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Characters with 蓋 as component

ài = Ø + ai4
dust / mud
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= k + e1
variant of 磕[ke1]
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Words with 蓋

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(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
manhole cover (more formally, 窨井蓋|窨井盖[yin4 jing3 gai4])
to meet in passing / to get on well at first meeting

Sentences with 蓋

蓋 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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