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Meaning of 葛

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葛Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 12; Radical: 艸
Pictophonetic:曷 indicates the sound; 艹 (plant) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
    • 艹 [ cǎo ] grass, weed, plant, herb
    • 曷 [ hé ] what, why, where, which, how
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1
Pinyin: gé
English Definition:kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
Chinese Definition:
①多年生草本植物,茎可编篮做绳,纤维可织布,块根肥大,称“葛根”,可制淀粉,亦可入药(通称“葛麻”):葛布。葛巾(葛布做的头巾,古人不分贵贱常服)。葛履。
②表面有花纹的纺织品,用丝做经,棉线或麻线等做纬。

Example Words:
纠葛 jiū gé entanglement; dispute
瓜葛 guā gé connection; association; involvement
葛藤 gé téng tangle of vines; fig. complications
葛洲坝 gé zhōu bà name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan
葛粉 gé fěn starch of pueraria root; arrowroot flour
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2
Pinyin: gě
English Definition:surname Ge
Example Words:
诸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三国演义 , where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius; mastermind
诸葛 zhū gě two-character surname Zhuge
葛洪 gě hóng Ge Hong (283-363), Jin dynasty Daoist and alchemist, author of 抱朴子
长葛 cháng gě Changge county level city in Shangqiu 商丘 , Henan
事后诸葛亮 shì hòu zhū gě liàng a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20
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Example Sentences
1
那么
,
该如何发挥磅呢
?
根据葛兰素史克
So, how does that play out in pounds?
2
他用了林肯的葛底斯堡演说中的几句话
。
He cited lines from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
3
桌上可能会有野葛
,
他们可能会有一张欧式桌子
。
They might have kudzu at their table or they might have a western table.
4
他花了三小时把林肯的
《
葛底斯堡讲话
》
背了下来
。
H spent three hours learning Lincoln's Address at Gettysburg by heart.
5
“
作为一名律师
,
我们看到这么多的这类事件
,
”
葛先生说
。
As a lawyer, we see so many of these kinds of incidents," said Mr. Ge.