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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gé | ge2
English translation
an edible bean; vine; surname

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

plant

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹曷

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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lái péi 一块儿 yī kuài r 网球 wǎngqiú , lǐng kān 等等 děng děng , 不过 bùguò bìng 没什么 méi shén me 瓜葛 guā gé .

Fred played tennis with her, and took her to show and such, but with no complication.

lǎng Tái 老头 lǎo tóu 那种 nà zhǒng jiào rén 猜不透 cāi bu tòu 意思 yìsi de xiào , zhēn xiàng 一道 yī dào 阳光 yángguāng 似的 shìde .

Old Grandet's equivocal mirth was as greatful as sunshine.

Hàn suō 葛蕾 duǒ de 继母 jì mǔ 一点 yī diǎn 喜欢 xǐhuan 他们 tā men .

Hansel and Gretal's stepmother did not like them at all.

Hàn suō 葛蕾 duǒ tǎng zài de shǎng 沉沉 chén chén de shuì zhāo le .

Hansel and Gretal lay down on the ground and fell fast asleep.

艾森豪威尔 Aì sēn háo wēi ěr 离开 líkāi 白宫 Bái gōng 退隐 dào zài 葛底斯堡 de 农场 nóng chǎng

Eisenhower left the White House and retired to his farm in Gettysburg.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
hemp cloth
诸葛亮 Zhū gě Liàng mastermind諸葛亮
瓜葛 guā gé interconnected瓜葛 guā gé
纠葛 jiū gé dispute糾葛
葛优 Gě Yōu Ge You (1957-), Chinese actor葛優
诸葛 Zhū gě two-character surname Zhuge諸葛
葛根 gé gēn tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine葛根 gé gēn
葛洲坝 Gé zhōu bà name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan葛洲壩
长葛 Cháng gě Changge county level city in Shangqiu 商丘 Shāng qiū [Shāng​qiū], Henan長葛
葛洪 Gě Hóng Ge Hong (283-363), Jin dynasty Daoist and alchemist, author of 抱樸子|抱朴子 Bào pǔ zǐ [Bào​pǔ​zǐ]葛洪 Gě Hóng

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