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鸽子

gē zi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 鴿子

鸽子 (gē zi) means "pigeon; dove; various birds of the family Columbidae". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 鸽子 means

1. pigeon
2. dove
3. various birds of the family Columbidae

The characters in 鸽子

• 鸽gēpigeon; dove
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 他的实验用了鸽子。
  Tā de shíyàn yòng le gēzi.
  He used pigeons in his experiment.
• 波士顿的鸽子又胖又自豪。
  The pigeons of Boston are fat and proud.
• 他放我鸽子；我等了他一整晚！
  He stood me up; I waited all evening for him!
• 基顿把磁铁放在他的鸽子的头上。
  Jī dùn bǎ cítiě fàng zài tā de gēzi de tóushàng.
  Keeton put magnets on the heads of his pigeons.
• 而在晴天的时候鸽子们都飞回家了。
  ér zài qíngtiān de shíhou gēzi men dōu fēi huíjiā le.
  And on sunny days all the pigeons flew home.
• 这些鸽子不怕人，能落在人的肩膀上。
  These pigeons do not fear people. They can land on people's shoulders.

Words containing 鸽子

• 放鸽子fàng gē zito stand sb up; to bail on sb

Sounds the same

Read gē zi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 歌子song

Where 鸽子 is taught

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

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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