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gěng

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gěng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gěng | geng3
English translation
to sob; to choke up

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About gěng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

gěng

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of gěng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口更

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

gēng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and gēng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using gěng

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de 喉头 hóu tóu gěng zhù le , 只是 zhǐ shì 用手轻抚 qīng fǔ zhāo 玛丽 Mǎ lì de 头发 tóufa .

His throat was full to choking. He gently stroked her hair.

咽下 yàn xià le méi ,几乎 jīhū 哽死.

She swallowed a plum - stone and was almost chocked.

" 韦德 Wéi dé 饿 è le " 哽咽 gěng yè zhāo shuì ,一面 yī miàn 那个 nà ge 受伤 shòushāng de 指头 zhǐ tou fàng jìn 嘴里 zuǐ lǐ .

" Wade hungwy, " he sobbed and put the hurt finger in his mouth.

běn 为什么 wèishénme yāo 那样 nà yàng zuò ?”哽咽 gěng yè zhāo wèn

"Why did Ben do that?" she asked, in a choked voice.

Words with gěng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
哽咽 gěng yè to choke with emotion哽咽 gěng yè
gěng choking gěng
哽噎 gěng yē to choke on one's food哽噎 gěng yē
悲哽 bēi gěng to choke with grief悲哽 bēi gěng

gěng Decomposition & Compounds

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