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结巴

jiē ba

2-character word Traditional 結巴

What 结巴 means

1. to stutter

The characters in 结巴

• 结jiéknot; sturdy; bond
• 巴bāto long for; to wish; to cling to

Example sentences

• 别结巴！
  Don't stutter!
• 我在结巴。
  Wǒ zài jiēba.
  I am stuttering.
• Tom在结巴。
  Tom is stuttering.
• 你为什么在结巴。
  Nǐ wèishénme zài jiēba.
  Why are you stuttering?
• 她一开始结巴，她的同学们就忍不住笑了。
  Tā yī kāishǐ jiēba, tā de tóngxué men jiù rěnbuzhù xiào le.
  When she began to stutter, her classmates couldn't help laughing.
• 如果有人早期对俾斯麦说他是个很好的演说家，他会很生气。那也太平淡了，他会说自己不是个好演说家，我说话结巴。我是个政治家，不是个好演说家。
  If someone told Bismarck early on that he's a great public speaker, he would be very angry. That's so plain, he would say he is not a good public speaker, I talk with a stammer. I'm a politician, not a good public speaker.