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Meaning of 胳

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Pinyin:
English Definition: armpit
Chinese Definition:
①(胳臂)上肢,肩膀以下手腕以上的部分。亦称“胳膊”(“臂”、“膊”均读轻声)(胳肢窝)同“夹肢窝”。
Total strokes: 10; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (flesh) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • meat, flesh; organic compound
    • [ ] individual; each, every; all
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Example Words
胳膊 bo arm; Classifiers:
胳臂 bei arm; Classifiers: [tiao2], [zhi1]; also pr. [ge1 bi4]
胳膊肘 bo zhǒu elbow
捋胳膊 luō bo to push up one's sleeves
佝偻胳脯 gōu lóu to bend the arm at the elbow (idiom)
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Example Sentences
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He poked me with his elbow.