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疙瘩

gē da

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

疙瘩 (gē da) means "swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; lump; preoccupation; problem". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 疙瘩 means

1. swelling or lump on skin; pimple
2. knot; lump
3. preoccupation; problem

The characters in 疙瘩

• 疙gēused in 疙瘩
• 瘩daused in 疙瘩

Example sentences

• 他的鼻子上长了一个小疙瘩。
  Tā de bízi shàng cháng le yī gè xiǎo gēda.
  On his nose grew a small pimple.
• 他左眼皮下面长了一个大疙瘩。
  Tā zuǒ yǎnpí xiàmiàn cháng le yī gè dà gēda.
  He had a big pimple under the left eyelid.
• 听到这条新闻我直起鸡皮疙瘩，怎么会有这样危险的事啊？
  When I hear the news, I get goose bumps. How could there be such a dangerous thing?

Words starting with 疙瘩

• 疙瘩汤gē da tāngdough-drop soup…

Words containing 疙瘩

• 鸡皮疙瘩jī pí gē dagoose pimples; goose bumps
• 面疙瘩miàn gē dadough dumpling
• 宝贝疙瘩bǎo bèi gē da(of a child) apple of one's eye
• 榆木疙瘩yú mù gē da(lit.) knot on an elm tree (idiom); (fig.) blockhead; dunce
• 这疙瘩zhèi gā davariant of 这嘎达

Sounds the same

Read gē da, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 圪垯mound; knoll; swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; lump
• 疙疸variant of 疙瘩

Where 疙瘩 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · gǎng–gē (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gē da correctly.
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