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): ㄔㄜ ㄍㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ce¹ goi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēgài
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜ ㄍㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chegài
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê¹-kai⁴
    • Yale: chē-gài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chegay
    • Palladius: чэгай (čɛgaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ kaɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēgàir
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜ ㄍㄞˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chegàir
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê¹-kai⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: chē-gàir
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chegall
    • Palladius: чэгайр (čɛgajr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ kɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ce¹ goi³
    • Yale: chē goi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tse¹ goi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cé¹ goi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵ kɔːi̯³³/

車蓋

[archaic] 車蓋

Noun

車蓋

1. the hood of an automobile
2. (archaic) 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.

3. (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.