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搁

gē

HSK 6 Character Traditional 擱

What 搁 means

1. to place
2. to put aside
3. to shelve

Other readings

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

• géto bear; to stand; to endure; Taiwan pr. gē

Example sentences

• 你喝茶搁糖吗？
  Do you take sugar in your tea?
• 咖啡里少搁点儿糖。
  Don’t put too much sugar in the coffee.
• 火车因大雪被耽搁了。
  Huǒchē yīn dàxuě bèi dānge le.
  The train was delayed because of heavy snowfall.
• 我被交通堵塞耽搁了。
  Wǒ bèi jiāotōngdǔsè dānge le.
  I was delayed by a traffic jam.
• 我们不得不把游戏搁到下周日了。
  Wǒmen bùdébù bǎ yóuxì gē dào xià Zhōurì le.
  We have to put off the game till next Sunday.
• 一条受伤的鲸鱼在海滩边搁浅了。
  Yī tiáo shòushāng de jīngyú zài hǎitān biān gēqiǎn le.
  A wounded whale washed up on the beach.

Words starting with 搁

• 搁置gē zhìto shelve; to set aside
• 搁浅gē qiǎnto be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop
• 搁板gē bǎnshelf
• 搁笔gē bǐto put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)
• 搁脚板gē jiǎo bǎnfootrest
• 搁脚物gē jiǎo wùfootrest

Words containing 搁

• 耽搁dān geto tarry; to delay; to stop over
• 延搁yán gēto delay; to procrastinate
• 暂搁zàn gētemporarily stopped; in abeyance
• 中途搁浅zhōng tú gē qiǎnto run aground in mid-course; to run into difficulty and stop
• 担搁dān gevariant of 耽搁

Characters that look like 搁

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

• 插chāto insert; stick in; pierce
• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 棚péngshed; canopy; shack
• 掏tāoto fish out (from pocket); to scoop
• 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop
• 掴guāito slap; also pr. guó

Sounds the same

Read gē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哥elder brother
• 歌song; (bound form) to sing
• 胳armpit
• 割to cut; to cut apart
• 鸽pigeon; dove
• 疙used in 疙瘩
• 戈dagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞; (Taiwan) abbr. for 戈雷
• 咯(phonetic)
• 格used in 格登; used in 格格
• 纥knot
• 仡used in 仡佬族; Taiwan pr. qì
• 圪(phonetic)