Chinese Word: 磕 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

磕Polyphone (多音字)HSK 6

Total strokes: 15; Radical: 石

Pictophonetic:盍 indicates the sound; 石 (stone) conveys the meaning.

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Pinyin: kē

English Definition:to tap; to knock (against sth hard); to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)

Chinese Definition:
①碰在硬东西上：头磕破了。磕磕碰碰(喻人和人之间发生的小冲突)。磕头碰脑。磕头(亦作“叩头”)。
②把东西向较硬处碰使附着物掉下来：磕打。磕烟袋锅儿。

Example Words:

磕头	kē tóu	to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
磕碰HSK 6	kē pèng	to knock against; to bump into; to have a disagreement; to clash
磕磕HSK 6	kē kē	(onom.) knocking
磕磕巴巴	kē kē bā bā	stammering; stuttering; not speaking fluently
磕磕绊绊	kē ke bàn bàn	bumpy (of a road); limping (of a person)