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嗝

gé

Character

What 嗝 means

1. hiccup
2. belch

Example sentences

• 我打嗝了。
  Wǒ dǎgé le.
  I have hiccups.
• 我经常打嗝。
  Wǒ jīngcháng dǎgé.
  I often hiccup.
• 我希望我能停止打嗝。
  Wǒ xīwàng wǒ néng tíngzhǐ dǎgé.
  I wish that I could stop hiccuping.

Words starting with 嗝

• 嗝屁gé pì(dialect; loanword) to die; to give up the ghost
• 嗝儿屁gé r pìerhua form of 嗝屁

Words containing 嗝

• 打嗝dǎ géto hiccup; to belch; to burp
• 饱嗝儿bǎo gé rto belch (on a full stomach)
• 打嗝儿dǎ gé rerhua variant of 打嗝

Characters built on 鬲

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

• 隔géto separate; to partition; to stand or lie between
• 镉gécadmium (chemistry)
• 膈gé(anatomy) diaphragm
• 翮héquill
• 塥gédry clay lump

Characters that look like 嗝

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

• 嗅xiùto smell; to sniff; to nose
• 喳chāused in 喳喳
• 嘀dī(onomatopoeia) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc
• 嗤chīlaugh at; jeer; scoff at
• 堰yànweir
• 喹kuíused in 喹啉

Sounds the same

Read gé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 格square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 革animal hide; leather; to reform
• 隔to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between
• 阁pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir
• 搁to bear; to stand; to endure; Taiwan pr. gē
• 葛kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
• 蛤(bound form) clam; used in 蛤蚧
• 胳used in 胳肢
• 骼used in 骨骼
• 镉cadmium (chemistry)
• 膈(anatomy) diaphragm
• 鬲earthen pot; iron cauldron