| 盖 | gài | lid; top; cover; canopy; to build |
| 盖 | gě | surname Ge |
| 掩盖 | yǎn gài | to conceal; to hide behind; to cover up |
| 覆盖 | fù gài | to cover |
| 遮盖 | zhē gài | to hide; to cover (one's tracks) |
| 盖子 | gài zi | cover; lid; shell |
| 膝盖 | xī gài | knee |
| 锅盖 | guō gài | saucepan lid |
| 盖章 | gài zhāng | to affix a seal (to sth) |
| 铺盖 | pū gài | bedding; bedclothes |
| 盖层 | gài céng | cap rock |
| 倾盖 | qīng gài | to meet in passing; to get on well at first meeting |
| 冰盖 | bīng gài | ice sheet |
| 劈头盖脸 | pī tóu gài liǎn | lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc); showering down |
| 加盖 | jiā gài | to seal (with official stamp); to stamp; fig. to ratify; to put lid on (cooking pot); to cap; to build an extension or additional storey |
| 周瑜打黄盖 | Zhōu Yú dǎ Huáng Gài | fig. with the connivance of both sides; fig. by mutual consent; cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之战 |
| 宝盖 | bǎo gài | name of "roof" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 40); see also 宀 |
| 封盖 | fēng gài | cap; seal; cover; to cover; blocked shot (basketball) |
| 岛盖部 | dǎo gài bù | pars perculairs |
| 平宝盖 | píng bǎo gài | name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14); see also 冖 |
| 后盖 | hòu gài | back cover; shell (of crab etc) |
| 才华盖世 | cái huá gài shì | peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit |
| 拉盖尔 | Lā gài ěr | Laguerre (name); Edmond Laguerre (1834-1886), French mathematician |
| 卷铺盖 | juǎn pū gài | to pack and quit; to be sacked |
| 卷铺盖走人 | juǎn pū gài zǒu rén | to pack one's things and leave |
| 掖掖盖盖 | yē yē gài gài | stealthily; clandestinely |
| 搭盖 | dā gài | to build (esp. with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up |
| 东茅草盖 | dōng máo cǎo gài | thatched roof |
| 欲盖弥彰 | yù gài mí zhāng | trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse. |
| 比尔・盖茨 | Bǐ ěr · Gài cí | Bill Gates (1955-), founder and chairman of Microsoft |
| 涵盖 | hán gài | to cover; to comprise; to include |
| 淹盖 | yān gài | to submerge; to flood; to drown out |
| 滑盖 | huá gài | slider phone |
| 秃宝盖 | tū bǎo gài | name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14); see also 冖 |
| 篷盖布 | péng gài bù | sail cloth |
| 翻盖 | fān gài | flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc); to rebuild; to renovate |
| 腐殖覆盖物 | fǔ zhí fù gài wù | mulch |
| 若尔盖 | Ruò ěr gài | Zoigê county (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan |
| 若尔盖县 | Ruò ěr gài xiàn | Zoigê county (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture 阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan |
| 菌盖 | jùn gài | cap of mushroom |
| 华盖 | huá gài | imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage); aureole; halo |
| 盖世 | gài shì | unrivalled; matchless |
| 盖世太保 | gài shì tài bǎo | Gestapo |
| 盖儿 | gàir | cover; lid |
| 盖印 | gài yìn | to affix a seal |
| 盖州 | Gài zhōu | Gaizhou county level city in Yingkou 营口, Liaoning |
| 盖州市 | Gài zhōu shì | Gaizhou county level city in Yingkou 营口, Liaoning |
| 盖帽 | gài mào | block (basketball) |
| 盖度 | gài dù | coverage (in botany) |
| 盖棺 | gài guān | coffin lid; fig. posthumous reputation |
