車蓋

See also: 车盖

Chinese

FWOTD – 29 May 2016

		vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build
trad. (車蓋)		車	蓋
simp. (车盖)		车	盖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chēgài

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄜㄍㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ce¹ goi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chēgài
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄜㄍㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chegay
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: chēgàir
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄜㄍㄞˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chegall
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ kɑɻ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ce¹ goi³
  - Yale: chē goi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ goi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ goi³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ kɔːi̯³³/

車蓋

[archaic] 車蓋

Noun

車蓋

the hood of an automobile
(archaic) an umbrella cover for a wagon or chariot
- 其家之東南，有一大桑樹，高五丈餘，遙望之，童童如車蓋。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  其家之东南，有一大桑树，高五丈余，遥望之，童童如车盖。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 1330–1400, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 1
  Qí jiā zhī dōngnán, yǒu yī dà sāngshù, gāo wǔ zhàng yú, yáowàng zhī, tóngtóng rú chēgài. [Pinyin]
  To the southeast of their home, was a large mulberry tree, which rose to a height of five zhang, and could be seen from far away. The tree was thickly covered with leaves like the umbrella over a horse drawn cart.
(archaic) canopied chariot
- 我為天子，當乘此車蓋。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  我为天子，当乘此车盖。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 1330–1400, Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 1
  Wǒ wèi tiānzǐ, dāng chéng cǐ chēgài. [Pinyin]
  I am the son of heaven; I must ride on this canopied chariot.

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