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啃

kěn

HSK 6 Character

What 啃 means

1. to gnaw
2. to nibble
3. to bite

Example sentences

• 她是啃老族。
  Tā shì kěnlǎozú.
  She's still dependent on her parents.
• 我劝他别老想着啃老。
  Wǒ quàn tā bié lǎo xiǎng zhe kěnlǎo.
  I advised him to be independent of his parents.

Words starting with 啃

• 啃书kěn shūlit. to gnaw a book; to study; to cram
• 啃老kěn lǎo(colloquial) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
• 啃老族kěn lǎo zú(colloquial) adults still living with and depending on their parents

Words containing 啃

• 嘴啃泥zuǐ kěn níto fall flat on one's face

Characters that look like 啃

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 喷pēnto spout; to spurt; to spray; to puff; (slang) to criticize scathingly (esp. online)
• 喧xuānclamor; noise
• 唠láoused in 唠叨
• 喳chāused in 喳喳
• 啧zé(interj. of admiration or of disgust); to click one's tongue…
• 唷yō(interjection expressing surprise) Oh!; My!

Sounds the same

Read kěn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 肯to agree; to consent; to be willing to
• 恳earnest
• 垦to reclaim (land); to cultivate
• 龈variant of 啃