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gěng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gěng | geng3
English translation
bright, shining; brave, loyal

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About gěng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

gěng

Contains the radical

ěr

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of gěng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

耳火

Semantic compound

Huǒ

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Example sentences using gěng

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yǒu rén 认为 rènwéi zhè shì 佩奇 Pèi qí de 酸葡萄 suān pú tao 心理 xīnlǐ zài 作怪 zuò guài 因为 yīnwèi de 公司 gōngsī 未能 wèi néng 中标 zhòng biāo 佩奇 Pèi qí 对此 de 回应 huí yìng shì :“人生 rénshēng 苦短 shuí yǒu 闲工夫耿耿于怀 gěng gěng yú huái ne ?”

Page'sresponse to the suggestion that this might be sour grapes because his company lost the bid is: "Life's too short for that."

唯一 wéiyī 使 shǐ 耿耿于怀 gěng gěng yú huái de 就是 jiù shì 那些 nà xiē 关于 guānyú 爱尔兰 Aì ěr lán de 言论 yánlùn

The only thing that rankles me is what she says about Ireland.

duì 马内家族 jiā zú 忠心耿耿 zhōng xīn gěng gěng

She had developed strong loyalties to the Manet family.

已经 yǐjīng 忠心耿耿 zhōng xīn gěng gěng 地为巴克莱银行 Bā kè lái Yín háng 效力 xiào lì le 20 Nián

He has 20 years of loyal service to Barclays Bank behind him.

Words with gěng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
耿耿于怀 gěng gěng yú huái to take troubles to heart (idiom); brooding耿耿於懷
忠心耿耿 zhōng xīn gěng gěng loyal and devoted (idiom); faithful and true忠心耿耿 zhōng xīn gěng gěng
gěng bright gěng
耿直 gěng zhí honest耿直 gěng zhí
耿耿 gěng gěng bright耿耿 gěng gěng
耿介 gěng jiè upright and outstanding耿介 gěng jiè
耿马县 Gěng mǎ xiàn Gengma Dai and Va autonomous county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧 Lín cāng [Lín​cāng], Yunnan耿馬縣

gěng Decomposition & Compounds

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