胳

gē

HSK 7-93 readings

“Armpit” in Chinese is 胳 (gē).

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Meaning

armpit
variant of 胳[ge1]
used in 胳肢窩|胳肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]

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used in 胳肢[ge2 zhi5]

Example

我看见他们胳膊挽着胳膊地走路。

I saw them walking arm in arm.

From 胳膊 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

gēvariant of 胳 / armpit
géused in 胳肢

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Words containing 胳

胳膊gēboarmHSK 7-9

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