盖奇

蓋奇

Gàiqí

proper noun #35,078

Meanings

1 Gage (English surname)
2 Phineas Gage (famous 19th-century neurology case)

Characters

transliteration syllable; lit. 'cover'

transliteration syllable; lit. 'rare'

Examples

HSK 4

心理学课上讲了菲尼斯·盖奇的故事。

Xīnlǐxué kè shàng jiǎng le Fēinísī · Gàiqí de gùshi.

In psychology class we covered the story of Phineas Gage.

HSK 6

盖奇是这本书的主角。

Gàiqí shì zhè běn shū de zhǔjué.

Gage is the protagonist of this book.

Tips

usage

盖奇 is the standard transliteration of the surname 'Gage'. The most-cited bearer in Chinese textbooks is Phineas Gage (菲尼斯·盖奇), the 19th-century railway worker whose iron-rod brain injury reshaped modern neuroscience. 盖 (gài, 'cover') and 奇 (qí, 'rare') are picked for sound, not meaning.

Stroke Order

盖 gài

奇 qí