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革

gé

HSK 5 Character

What 革 means

1. animal hide
2. leather
3. to reform
4. to remove
5. to expel (from office)

Example sentences

• 革命万岁！
  Gémìng wànsuì!
  Long live the Revolution!
• 我反对政治改革。
  I am against political reform.
• 我支持政治改革。
  I support political reform.
• 革命迎来了新时代。
  Gémìng yíng lái le xīnshídài.
  The revolution ushered in a new era.
• 这靴是用皮革做的。
  These boots are made of leather.
• 他们忙于社会改革。
  They were busy working for social reforms.

Words starting with 革

• 革命gé mìngto withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)…
• 革新gé xīnto innovate; innovation
• 革命家gé mìng jiāa revolutionary
• 革命性gé mìng xìngrevolutionary
• 革出gé chūto expel; to kick out
• 革职gé zhíto sack; to remove from a position; to depose
• 革除gé chúto eliminate; to expel; to abolish
• 革制品gé zhì pǐnleather goods
• 革出山门gé chū shān ménto excommunicate (from a Buddhist monastery)
• 革出教门gé chū jiào ménto excommunicate (from a church)
• 革退gé tuìto dismiss from a post
• 革履gé lǚleather shoes
• 革兰阳gé lán yángGram-positive (bacteria)
• 革兰阳性gé lán yáng xìngGram-positive (bacteria)
• 革命先烈gé mìng xiān lièmartyr to the revolution
• 革命烈士gé mìng liè shìmartyr of the revolution
• 革吉县Gé jí XiànGê'gyai, a county in Ngari Prefecture 阿里地区
• 革兰氏Gé lán shìMr Gram; Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the…
• 革兰氏阴性Gé lán shì yīn xìngGram negative (bacteria that do not retain Gram stain, often the more dangerous kind)
• 革兰氏染色法Gé lán shì rǎn sè fǎGram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)
• 革囊gé nángleather purse; fig. human body
• 革故鼎新gé gù dǐng xīnto discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
• 革吉Gé jísee 革吉县
• 革面洗心gé miàn xǐ xīnsee 洗心革面

Words containing 革

• 改革gǎi géreform; to reform
• 皮革pí géleather
• 文革Wén géCultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命
• 文化大革命Wén huà Dà gé mìngCultural Revolution (1966-1976)
• 变革biàn géto transform; to change
• 反革命fǎn gé mìngcounterrevolutionary
• 辛亥革命Xīn hài Gé mìngXinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty
• 西装革履xī zhuāng gé lǚdressed in Western-style clothes; impeccably attired
• 工业革命Gōng yè Gé mìngIndustrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
• 民主革命mín zhǔ gé mìngdemocratic revolution; bourgeois revolution…
• 大马士革Dà mǎ shì géDamascus, capital of Syria
• 法国大革命Fǎ guó Dà gé mìngFrench Revolution (1789-1799)
• 沿革yán géevolution of sth over time; course of development; history
• 土地改革tǔ dì gǎi géland reform
• 改革派gǎi gé pàithe reformist party
• 宗教改革Zōng jiào Gǎi gé(Protestant) Reformation
• 裁革cái géto dismiss; to lay off
• 开革kāi géto fire; to discharge
• 人造革rén zào géartificial leather
• 合成革hé chéng gésynthetic leather
• 改革家gǎi gé jiāreformer
• 改革者gǎi gé zhěreformer
• 登革热dēng gé rèdengue fever; Singapore hemorrhagic fever
• 改革开放gǎi gé kāi fàngreform and opening up (Chinese policy introduced in 1978)

Characters that look like 革

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

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 昂ángto lift; to raise; to raise one's head
• 苹píng(artemisia); duckweed
• 拳quánfist; boxing
• 莘shēnlong; numerous

Sounds the same

Read gé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 格square; lattice; grid; frame; compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)…
• 隔to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between
• 阁pavilion (usu. two-storied); cabinet (politics); boudoir
• 搁to bear; to stand; to endure; Taiwan pr. gē
• 嗝hiccup; belch
• 葛kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
• 蛤(bound form) clam; used in 蛤蚧
• 胳used in 胳肢
• 骼used in 骨骼
• 镉cadmium (chemistry)
• 膈(anatomy) diaphragm
• 鬲earthen pot; iron cauldron