蓋
gàiGě HSK4

cover

盖 (蓋) gài frequency
build verb
to build or construct a building

他们家计划在村里盖一栋新房。

tā​men jiā jì​huà zài cūn lǐ gài yī dòng xīn​fáng.

Their family plans to build a new house in the village.

cover verb
to cover or conceal something

他在睡觉时盖了一床厚被子。

tā zài shuì​jiào shí gài le yī chuáng hòu bèi​zi.

He covered himself with a thick quilt while sleeping.

to stamp verb
to impress a seal or stamp upon a document or surface.

他在合同上盖了公章。

tā zài hé​tong shàng gài le gōng​zhāng.

He stamped the contract with the official seal.

lid noun
a lid, top, cover, or canopy

请把瓶盖拧紧。

qǐng bǎ píng​gài níng​jǐn.

Please screw the bottle cap on tight.

盖 (蓋) Gě
Ge proper name
surname Ge

盖先生是我们的老师。

Gě xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de lǎo​shī.

Mr. Gai is our teacher.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,052nd most common 146.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,052nd most common 94.2 per million appears in 33% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
36.6 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
54.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Simplified
盖
Strokes
13
Unicode
U+84CB

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)