蓋世

See also: 盖世

Chinese

		cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (蓋世)		蓋	世
simp. (盖世)		盖	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gàishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄞˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): koi³ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gàishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄞˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gàishìh
    • Wade–Giles: kai⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: gài-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gayshyh
    • Palladius: гайши (gajši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: koi³ sai³
    • Yale: koi sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: koi³ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: koi³ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɔːi̯³³ sɐi̯³³/

Verb

蓋世

1. (literary) to be unparalleled; to be unmatched

Derived terms

• 拔山蓋世 / 拔山盖世
• 蓋世之才 / 盖世之才
• 蓋世功勛 / 盖世功勋
• 蓋世太保 / 盖世太保 (Gàishìtàibǎo)
• 蓋世無雙 / 盖世无双
• 蓋世雄才 / 盖世雄才

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蓋世):

• → Korean: 개세(蓋世) (gaese)
• → Vietnamese: cái thế (蓋世)