上蓋

Chinese

Etymology 1

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build
trad. (上蓋)		上	蓋
simp. (上盖)		上	盖
alternative forms		尚介尚蓋／尚盖

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-kài / siāng-kài

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-kài
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkaix
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kai²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kai¹¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-kài
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-kài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngkaix
  - IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ³³⁻¹¹ kai¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ³³⁻²¹ kai²¹/

Adverb

上蓋

(Taiwanese Hokkien) most; extremely
- 1991, “故鄉”, 鄭進一 [Cheng Gin Yi], 陳維祥 (lyrics), performed by 葉啟田 [Yeh Chi-tien]:
  
  暗時呀廟口聽大人凸風　叔公講日本時代他尚界勇 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  暗时呀庙口听大人凸风　叔公讲日本时代他尚界勇 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  àm-sî-á biō-kháu thiaⁿ tōa-lâng phòng-hong, chek-kong kóng Ji̍t-pún sî-tāi i siōng-kài ióng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 上 (siōng)

References

“上蓋”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Etymology 2

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	cover; lid; top cover; lid; top; canopy; to build
trad. (上蓋)		上	蓋
simp. (上盖)		上	盖

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ goi³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁶ goi³
  - Yale: seuhng goi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ goi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ goi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² kɔːi̯³³/

Noun

上蓋

(chiefly Hong Kong) topside development
(chiefly Hong Kong) shelter; cover (for pedestrians)