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胳膊

gē bo

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 只、条、双

胳膊 (gē bo) means "arm". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 胳膊 means

1. arm

The characters in 胳膊

• 胳gēarmpit
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm

Example sentences

• 他抓住了她的胳膊。
  Tā zhuāzhù le tā de gēbo.
  He caught her by the arm.
• 另一个抓住他的胳膊。
  Lìngyī gè zhuāzhù tā de gēbo.
  The other grasped his arm.
• 他把身子靠在胳膊上。
  Tā bǎ shēnzi kào zài gēbo shàng.
  He leaned on his elbows.
• 警察抓着小偷的胳膊。
  The policeman took the thief by the arm.
• 汤姆碰了我的胳膊肘。
  Tom touched my elbow.
• 我看见他们胳膊挽着胳膊地走路。
  Wǒ kànjiàn tāmen gēbo wǎn zhe gēbo de zǒulù.
  I saw them walking arm in arm.

Words starting with 胳膊

• 胳膊肘gē bo zhǒuelbow
• 胳膊肘朝外拐gē bo zhǒu cháo wài guǎilit. the elbow turns outward (idiom); fig. to side with outsiders rather than one's own…
• 胳膊拧不过大腿gē bo nǐng bu guò dà tuǐ(idiom) the weak cannot overcome the strong
• 胳膊肘子gē bo zhǒu zisee 胳膊肘
• 胳膊肘往外拐gē bo zhǒu wǎng wài guǎisee 胳膊肘朝外拐

Words containing 胳膊

• 捋胳膊luō gē boto push up one's sleeves

Where 胳膊 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Body Parts & Physical Features (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gē bo correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.