Thursday, 7 April 2022

Cover

How does one say cover in Teochew? The character is  and it can be said in many ways. 

 can be said as gah4 gai3 gua3 Hab4 kab4 kam3 koin3 and I have listed some examples so you can see how complicated is our mother tongue.

gah4

gah4 蓋|盖

to cover

gai4shang5 蓋上盖上

gah4 puê6 |盖

to cover with a duvet

被子被子

nian2 puê6 gah4 ho2 mai3 guan5dioh4 領被蓋好勿寒著|领被盖好勿寒着

Cover with a duvet properly, do not catch cold.

被子蓋好別著涼了|被子盖好别着凉了

 gai3

gai3ing3 

the process of affixing a seal or to stamp a document or to sign off on something

gai4zhang1 蓋章盖章

 gua3

gua3 

a cover, a lid

gai4zi5 蓋子盖子

kioh8 gai5 gua3 guên1 mi1 挈個蓋關瞇|挈个盖关眯

Take a cover with a lid tightly.

蓋上蓋子|盖上盖子

uê1gua3 鍋蓋|锅盖

saucepan lid, satellite dish

guo1gai4 鍋蓋|锅盖

 Hab4

Hab4 蓋|盖

surname Hab

Ge3 蓋|盖

 kab4

kab4ing3 

the process of affixing a seal or to stamp a document or to sign off on something

gai4zhang1 蓋章盖章

 kam3 

kam3 蓋|盖

to cover

gai4 蓋|盖

kam3 loh8 ke3 蓋落去|盖落去

to cover a pot

蓋鍋上|盖锅上

kioh8 gai5 koin3 kam3 mi1 挈個蓋蓋瞇|挈个盖盖眯

Take a cover with a lid tightly.

蓋上蓋子|盖上盖子

 koin3

koin

a cover, a lid

gai4zi5 蓋子盖子

kioh8 gai5 koin3 kam3 mi1 挈個蓋蓋瞇|挈个盖盖眯

Take a cover with a lid tightly.

蓋上蓋子|盖上盖子

dig8zih4 koin3 do6 kah4na5 dêng2boin直接蓋在芥藍頂畔|直接盖在芥蓝顶畔

Put (it) directly on the top of the broccoli.

直接放在芥藍上面|直接放在芥蓝上面

 The above sentence can be heard in this video said by the chef. 

koin3 loh8蓋落|盖落

to cover with a lid

蓋蓋子|盖盖子

You can hear a chef saying the above

This time a lady shows how to cook fish and let us listen to what she has to say

nang2 gai5 uê1 koin3 loh8 ke3 i1 bhung 俺個鍋蓋落去伊炆。

Cover with a lid and allow it to braise.

蓋上鍋讓它燜。

gao1zên2 koin溝井蓋|沟井盖

manhole cover

yin4jing3gai4 窨井蓋窨井盖

koin3ing3 

the process of affixing a seal or to stamp a document or to sign off on something

gai4zhang1 蓋章盖章

iam2koin掩蓋|掩盖

to conceal, to hide behind, to cover up

yan3gai4 掩蓋|掩盖

zia1koin3 遮蓋|遮盖

to hide, to cover one's tracks

zhe1gai4 遮蓋|遮盖

sai2tang2 koin3 屎桶蓋

a lid for a chamber pot

馬桶蓋

 


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