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胳 gē arms

How to remember 胳: 月 meat + 各 each = arms. After carrying all the meat for the barbecue, each of the brothers complains about aching arms.

  • 2,490. most frequent character
  • HSK 4
  • 10 strokes
  • Radical 肉

Component breakdown

胳 = 月 meat + 各 each

  • 月 meat
  • 各 each
    • 夂 pursue
    • 口 mouth
The Gushi story

After carrying all the meat for the barbecue, each of the brothers complains about aching arms.

How it is used

  • Bound; appears essentially only in 胳膊 (gēbo) - the arm: 抬起胳膊 (tái qǐ gēbo) raise your arm.
  • Note the light tone on 膊 (gēbo, not gēbó) in everyday speech.
  • 胳膊肘 (gēbozhǒu) = the elbow; the idiom 胳膊拧不过大腿 (gēbo nǐng bú guò dàtuǐ) = you can't fight those more powerful.

Words with 胳

Example sentences

  • 他们向右甩胳膊。 Tāmen xiàngyòu shuǎi gēbo.They swing their arms to the right.