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膏

gāo

HSK 4 Character Measure word 帖

What 膏 means

1. ointment
2. paste

Other readings

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

• gàoto moisten; to grease; to apply (cream, ointment)

Example sentences

• 请买一支牙膏。
  Qǐng mǎi yī zhī yágāo.
  Please buy a tube of toothpaste.
• 请买条牙膏吧。
  Please buy a tube of toothpaste.
• 他的腿打了石膏。
  Tā de tuǐ dǎ le shígāo.
  His leg was put in a cast.
• 汤姆忘了买牙膏了。
  Tāngmǔ wàng le mǎi yágāo le.
  Tom forgot to buy toothpaste.
• 在哪儿我能找到牙膏？
  Zài nǎr wǒ néng zhǎodào yágāo?
  Where can I find toothpaste?
• 不能把牙膏塞回管里。
  You can't put toothpaste back in the tube.

Words starting with 膏

• 膏药gāo yaoherbal plaster applied to a wound
• 膏方gāo fāngmedicinal concoction in paste form (TCM)
• 膏立gào lìto annoint
• 膏血gāo xuèlit. fat and blood; fruit of one's hard labor; flesh and blood
• 膏药旗gāo yao qíJapanese flag (derog.)
• 膏粱gāo liángfatty meat and fine grains; (by extension) exquisite food
• 膏粱子弟gāo liáng zǐ dì(idiom) pampered scion of a wealthy family

Words containing 膏

• 牙膏yá gāotoothpaste
• 石膏shí gāogypsum CaSO4·2(H2O); plaster; plaster cast (for a broken bone)
• 唇膏chún gāolip balm; lipstick
• 药膏yào gāoointment
• 病入膏肓bìng rù gāo huānglit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure…
• 受膏shòu gāoto be anointed
• 恩膏ēn gāorich favor
• 油膏yóu gāosemi-solid fat-based substance; (medicine) ointment
• 脂膏zhī gāofat; grease; riches
• 软膏ruǎn gāoointment; paste
• 导热膏dǎo rè gāothermal grease
• 挤牙膏jǐ yá gāolit. to squeeze out toothpaste; fig. to extract a confession under pressure
• 散热膏sàn rè gāothermal grease
• 橡皮膏xiàng pí gāosticking plaster; adhesive bandage
• 润唇膏rùn chún gāochapstick; lip balm
• 润肤膏rùn fū gāomoisturizing cream
• 熟石膏shú shí gāoplaster of Paris; calcined gypsum
• 生石膏shēng shí gāogypsum CaSO4·2(H2O); plaster
• 硬石膏yìng shí gāoanhydrite CaSO4
• 磨砂膏mó shā gāofacial scrub
• 圣膏油shèng gāo yóuchrism; holy anointing oil
• 酱油膏jiàng yóu gāothickened soy sauce
• 雪花膏xuě huā gāovanishing cream; cold cream (makeup)
• 民脂民膏mín zhī mín gāolit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth…

Characters built on 高

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

• 搞gǎoto do; to make; to go in for
• 稿gǎomanuscript; draft; stalk of grain
• 蒿hāocelery wormwood (Artemisia carvifolia); to give off; to weed
• 犒kàoto reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc
• 镐gǎoa pick
• 缟gǎoplain white silk
• 篙gāopole for punting boats
• 槁gǎodried up (wood); dead tree

Characters that look like 膏

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

• 管guǎnto take care (of); to control; to manage
• 叠diéto pile up; (bound form) repeated; to fold
• 蔓màncreeper; to spread
• 睾gāo(bound form) testicle
• 睪yìto spy out
• 篑kuìbasket for carrying soil

Sounds the same

Read gāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 高high; tall; above average
• 糕cake
• 皋bank; marsh
• 篙pole for punting boats
• 羔lamb
• 睾(bound form) testicle
• 鼛large drum
• 槔used in 桔槔
• 櫜weapon case
• 髙variant of 高
• 槹variant of 槔