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跟

gēn

HSK 3 Character

What 跟 means

1. heel
2. to follow closely
3. to go with
4. (of a woman) to marry sb
5. with
6. compared with
7. to
8. towards
9. and (joining two nouns)

Example sentences

• 跟我走。
  Follow me.
• 跟我来！
  Come with me!
• 跟着他。
  Shadow him.
• 跟我说！
  Repeat after me.
• 请跟我来。
  Come along with me.
• 请跟我说。
  Please repeat after me.

Words starting with 跟

• 跟着gēn zheto follow after; immediately afterwards
• 跟前gēn qiánthe front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence
• 跟踪gēn zōngto follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow
• 跟随gēn suíto follow
• 跟不上gēn bu shàngnot able to keep up with
• 跟进gēn jìnto follow; to follow up
• 跟头gēn toutumble; somersault
• 跟班gēn bānattendant; footman (servant)
• 跟斗gēn dousomersault; fall; tumble; (fig.) setback; failure
• 跟上gēn shàngto catch up with; to keep pace with
• 跟人gēn rénto marry (of woman)
• 跟包gēn bāoto work as footman; to do odd jobs; to understudy (an opera actor)
• 跟从gēn cóngto follow; (of a woman) to get married; (old) attendant
• 跟手gēn shǒu(colloquial) while doing it; on the way through; (colloquial) immediately; at once…
• 跟注gēn zhùto match a bet; to call (poker)
• 跟监gēn jiān(Taiwan) to tail (sb) (abbr. for 跟踪监视
• 跟风gēn fēngto follow the trend; to jump on the bandwagon
• 跟团游gēn tuán yóuto travel in a tour group
• 跟差gēn chāiattendant
• 跟踪器gēn zōng qìtracker (device)
• 跟脚gēn jiǎoto feet the feet perfectly; to follow closely; hard on sb's heels
• 跟拍gēn pāito document on film the course of events; to follow sb with a camera
• 跟丢gēn diūto lose track of
• 跟踪狂gēn zōng kuángstalker

Words containing 跟

• 高跟鞋gāo gēn xiéhigh-heeled shoes
• 紧跟jǐn gēnto follow precisely; to comply with
• 脚跟jiǎo gēnheel
• 后跟hòu gēnheel (part of a foot); heel (of a sock); counter…
• 脚后跟jiǎo hòu gēnheel
• 鞋跟xié gēnheel (of a shoe)
• 打跟头dǎ gēn touto turn a somersault; to turn head over heels
• 后跟提带hòu gēn tí dàibackstrap (of a shoe)
• 哪儿跟哪儿nǎ r gēn nǎ rwhat's that have to do with it?; what's the connection?
• 翻跟斗fān gēn dǒuto turn a somersault
• 翻跟头fān gēn touto turn a somersault
• 好男不跟女斗hǎo nán bù gēn nǚ dòua real man doesn't fight with womenfolk (idiom)
• 脚跟脚jiǎo gēn jiǎoone closely following the other
• 站稳脚跟zhàn wěn jiǎo gēnto stand firmly; to gain a foothold; to establish oneself
• 折跟头zhē gēn touto do a somersault; to turn head over heels
• 摔跟头shuāi gēn touto fall; fig. to suffer a setback
• 栽跟头zāi gēn touto fall head over heels; (fig.) to come a cropper
• 蹑跟niè gēntoo large or small for the feet (of shoes)
• 蹑脚跟niè jiǎo gēnto walk cautiously in order not to make noise

Characters built on 艮

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

• 很hěnvery; quite…
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 恨hènto hate; to regret
• 狠hěnruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; resolute; to harden (one's heart)
• 痕hénscar; traces
• 恳kěnearnest
• 垦kěnto reclaim (land); to cultivate
• 茛gènranunculus

Characters that look like 跟

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

• 琼qióngjasper; fine jade; beautiful
• 酿niàngto ferment; to brew; to make honey (of bees)
• 瑕xiáblemish; flaw in jade
• 猥wěihumble; rustic; plentiful
• 琛chēnprecious stone; gem
• 踉liángused in 跳踉

Sounds the same

Read gēn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 根root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings