Sunday 27 February 2022

Cover a pot with a lid 蓋上蓋子

Do you know how to say cover a cooking pot with a lid and in Mandarin it is said as 蓋上蓋子。

Let us listen to this gentleman say how to close with a lid tightly and he speaks in Dio'ziu Hu'Sian Uê 潮州府城話 - i.e. Teochew spoken in Teochew City.

He said:

kioh8 gai6 gua3 guên1 mi1  挈個蓋關瞇

Cover with a lid tightly.

蓋上蓋子|盖上盖子


I say to cover with a lid tightly as kioh8 gai6 koin3 kam3 mi1 挈個瞇|挈个

How do you say to cover a pot with a lid tightly?

You will have noticed that 蓋 is said as gua3 koin3 and kam3 and  can be said as others as well. 

Mandarin says this  as gai3 except when it is used as a surname and it is said as Ge3 

Besides the above, that same character  is also said as gah4puê6 蓋被 to cover oneself with a duvet. As a surname we say it as Gai3 


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