Chinese Word: 嗝 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

嗝

Pinyin: gé

English Definition: hiccup; belch

Chinese Definition:
①胃里的气体从嘴里出来而发出的声音，或横膈膜拘挛，声门突然关闭而发出的声音：嗝儿。打嗝儿。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 口

Pictophonetic:鬲 indicates the sound; 口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 鬲 [ gé ] earthen pot, iron cauldron

Similar Characters: 隔融

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打嗝	dǎ gé	to hiccup; to belch; to burp
打嗝儿	dǎ gé r	erhua variant of 打嗝
打饱嗝儿	dǎ bǎo gé r	to belch after a big meal
饱嗝儿	bǎo gé r	to belch (on a full stomach)
嗝儿屁	gé r pì	(dialect) to die; to give up the ghost

1		tā 她 hē 喝 mǎ dì ní 马蒂尼 dǎ 打 gè 个 gé 嗝。 She burped her martini.
2		tā 它 dǎ 打 le 了 gè 个 gé 嗝， jìng jìng de 静静地。 It was belching quietly.
3		liǎng nián 两年 hòu 后 wǒ 我 jiù 就 gé 嗝 pì 屁 le 了！ In two years, my life will be over!
4		tā 他 dǎ 打 le 了 duō 多 cháng shí jiān 长时间 de 的 gé 嗝？ How long did he hiccup?
5		zài 在 diāo kè 雕刻 zhōng 中 dǎ 打 gè 个 gé 嗝 kě néng 可能 dū huì 都会 ràng 让 nǐ 你 gōng kuī yí kuì 功亏一篑。 Just one hiccup could destroy a carving in progress.

1		tā 她 hē 喝 mǎ dì ní 马蒂尼 dǎ 打 gè 个 gé 嗝。 She burped her martini.
2		tā 它 dǎ 打 le 了 gè 个 gé 嗝， jìng jìng de 静静地。 It was belching quietly.
3		liǎng nián 两年 hòu 后 wǒ 我 jiù 就 gé 嗝 pì 屁 le 了！ In two years, my life will be over!
4		tā 他 dǎ 打 le 了 duō 多 cháng shí jiān 长时间 de 的 gé 嗝？ How long did he hiccup?
5		zài 在 diāo kè 雕刻 zhōng 中 dǎ 打 gè 个 gé 嗝 kě néng 可能 dū huì 都会 ràng 让 nǐ 你 gōng kuī yí kuì 功亏一篑。 Just one hiccup could destroy a carving in progress.