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喝

hē

HSK 1 Character

What 喝 means

1. to drink
2. variant of {嗬|hē}

Other readings

喝 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• hèto shout

Example sentences

• 喝水。
  Drink water.
• 喝茶。
  Drink tea.
• 喝汤。
  Eat soup.
• 喝吧。
  Drink.
• 喝药了。
  Drink the medicine.
• 请喝茶！
  Please drink tea.

Words starting with 喝

• 喝酒hē jiǔto drink (alcohol)
• 喝茶hē cháto drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation
• 喝醉hē zuìto get drunk
• 喝道hè dàoto shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted)…
• 喝彩hè cǎito acclaim; to cheer
• 喝光hē guāngto drink up; to finish (a drink)
• 喝采hè cǎito acclaim; to cheer
• 喝令hè lìngto shout an order or command
• 喝西北风hē xī běi fēng(lit.) to drink the northwest wind (idiom); (fig.) to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
• 喝掉hē diàoto drink up; to finish (a drink)
• 喝止hè zhǐto shout at sb to stop
• 喝高hē gāoto get drunk
• 喝断片hē duàn piànto get blackout drunk (slang)
• 喝倒彩hè dào cǎito boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)
• 喝挂hē guà(colloquial) to get drunk; to get hammered
• 喝凉水都塞牙hē liáng shuǐ dōu sāi yá(colloquial) to be out of luck
• 喝茫hē máng(slang) to get drunk (Tw)
• 喝斥hè chìsee 呵斥
• 喝叱hè chìsee 呵斥

Words containing 喝

• 吆喝yāo heto shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal)
• 吃喝chī hēto eat and drink; food and drink
• 好喝hǎo hētasty (drinks)
• 吃喝玩乐chī hē wán lè(lit.) to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom); (fig.) to abandon oneself to a life of…
• 大吃大喝dà chī dà hēto eat and drink as much as one likes; to make a pig of oneself
• 吃香喝辣chī xiāng hē làlit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom); fig. to live well
• 呼喝hū hèto shout
• 难喝nán hēunpleasant to drink
• 呼来喝去hū lái hè qùto call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders; always bossing people around
• 白吃白喝bái chī bái hēto freeload
• 吃喝拉撒睡chī hē lā sā shuìto eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep; (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
• 棒喝bàng hèpractice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of…
• 胡吃海喝hú chī hǎi hēto eat and drink gluttonously; to pig out
• 怒喝nù hèto shout intimidatingly; to bellow (in anger)
• 呵喝hē hèto shout loudly; to bellow; to berate
• 开锣喝道kāi luó hè dàoto clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
• 蹭吃蹭喝cèng chī cèng hēto cadge a meal
• 吃喝嫖赌chī hē piáo dǔ(lit.) to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling (idiom)…
• 嗔喝chēn hèto yell at sb in rage
• 赚吆喝zhuàn yāo he(of a company) to gain recognition through promotional efforts…
• 叱喝chì hèto shout at; to berate
• 吆五喝六yāo wǔ hè liùlit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
• 大吃二喝dà chī èr hēto eat and drink extravagantly; to binge
• 牛不喝水强按头niú bù hē shuǐ qiǎng àn tóulit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom)…

Characters built on 曷

These share the phonetic component 曷 (hé), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 渴kěthirsty
• 葛gékudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
• 遏èto restrain; to check; to hold back
• 褐hèbrown; gray or dark color; coarse hemp cloth
• 谒yèto visit (a superior)
• 猲hèfrightened; terrified

Characters that look like 喝

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

• 唱chàngto sing; to call loudly; to chant
• 喂wèihey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
• 嗡wēng(onomatopoeia) buzz; hum; drone
• 唾tuòsaliva; to spit
• 喽lóu(bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits
• 堰yànweir

Sounds the same

Read hē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 呵(bound form) to scold; to expel breath; (onomatopoeia) laughter (usu. reduplicated)
• 嗬(interjection expressing surprise) oh!; wow!
• 诃to scold
• 蠚to sting
• 欱variant of 喝