Thursday, 7 April 2022

Cover

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

蓋 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 蓋被|盖被

to cover with a duvet

蓋上被子|盖上被子

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 蓋印|盖印

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

gai4zhang1 蓋章|盖章

 gua3

gua3 蓋|盖

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 蓋印|盖印

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

koin3 蓋|盖

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 dêng2boin5 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 koin3 溝井蓋|沟井盖

manhole cover

yin4jing3gai4 窨井蓋|窨井盖

koin3ing3 蓋印|盖印

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

gai4zhang1 蓋章|盖章

iam2koin3 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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