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gěng

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gěng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gěng | geng3
English translation
fish bones; honest, upright

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About gěng

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

fish

Etymology of gěng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

鱼更

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

gēng

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Example sentences using gěng

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gěng 在喉,吐方 kuài .

I feel suffocated if I don't speak out.

Words with gěng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gěng blunt
如鲠在喉 rú gěng zài hóu lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom)如鯁在喉
骨鲠在喉 gǔ gěng zài hóu sth on one's mind骨鯁在喉
骨鲠 gǔ gěng fish bone骨鯁
鲠直 gěng zhí honest鯁直
骨鲠之臣 gǔ gěng zhī chén lit. fish bone of a minister (idiom); fig. person one can rely on for candid criticism骨鯁之臣

gěng Decomposition & Compounds

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