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遮盖 (zhē gài) — to cover (physically); to hide, to conceal (a fact, mistake, etc.)

Definition

遮盖 (zhē gài) covers both physical covering (fog, cloth) and concealing facts/mistakes. For pure physical coverage use 覆盖; for hiding facts deliberately use 隐瞒.

verb
to cover (physically)to hideto conceal (a fact, mistake, etc.)

Examples

  • 遮盖。
    Tā yòng yí kuài bù bǎ zhuō zi zhē gài qǐ lái le.
    He covered the table with a cloth.
  • 遮盖。
    Zhè jiàn shì shuí yě zhē gài bù liǎo.
    No one can cover up this matter.
  • 遮盖。
    Nóng wù zhē gài le zhěng gè shān gǔ.
    Thick fog covered the entire valley.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

遮zhēcover
盖gàicover

"遮" cover and "盖" cover together mean hide.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòroad
Sound part声符shēngfú
庶
庶shù遮zhē
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

遮 has 辶, a road-like part, and 庶 (shù, 'numerous'), which gives it its sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 蓋; 盖 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
艸艸cǎograss
Sound part声符shēngfú
盍
盍hé蓋gài
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 蓋 pairs 艸, grass, with 盍 for sound. It was a thatch, and it took on cover meanings after 盍 was borrowed for “why not”.

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