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胳

gē

HSK 4 Character

What 胳 means

1. armpit

Other readings

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

• gāused in {胳肢窝|gā zhi wō}
• géused in {胳肢|gé zhi}
• gēvariant of {胳|gē}

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

• 胳膊gē boarm
• 胳臂gē beiarm; also pr. gē bì
• 胳膊肘gē bo zhǒuelbow
• 胳肢窝gā zhi wōarmpit; also pr. gē zhi wō; also written 夹肢窝
• 胳肢gé zhi(dialect) to tickle
• 胳臂肘儿gē bei zhǒu relbow
• 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…
• 胳臂箍儿gē bei gū rarmband
• 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

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

Characters built on 各

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

• 格gésquare; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 客kècustomer; visitor; guest; classifier for servings or portions (when ordering food)
• 阁gépavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir
• 咯gē(phonetic)
• 恪kèrespectful; scrupulous
• 铬gèchromium (chemistry)
• 骼géused in 骨骼
• 貉héraccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon of North China, Korea and Japan…

Characters that look like 胳

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

• 胰yípancreas
• 豚túnsuckling pig
• 赂lùbribe; bribery
• 骆luòcamel; white horse with a black mane (archaic)
• 脐qí(bound form) the navel; the umbilicus; (bound form) the belly flap of a crab; apron
• 胭yānrouge

Sounds the same

Read gē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 哥elder brother
• 歌song; (bound form) to sing
• 割to cut; to cut apart
• 鸽pigeon; dove
• 搁to place; to put aside; to shelve
• 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)