華蓋

Chinese

		flowery; flourishing; magnificent flowery; flourishing; magnificent; your; grey; corona; time; essence; China; Chinese; name of a mountain	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build
trad. (華蓋)		華	蓋
simp. (华盖)		华	盖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huágài

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄍㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huágài
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄍㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huágài
    • Wade–Giles: hua²-kai⁴
    • Yale: hwá-gài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwagay
    • Palladius: хуагай (xuagaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ kaɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

華蓋

1. (historical) canopy (domed umbrella-like roof) over an imperial carriage
2. (literary, by extension) imperial carriage; nobleman's chariot
3. (Chinese astronomy) Canopy of the Emperor, an asterism in the Purple Forbidden enclosure and a sign of bad luck
4. (astronomy) aureole
5. (Taoism) eyebrow