疙 (gē): pimple
疙 (gē) is a Chinese character meaning “pimple.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 疒 (semantic) and 乞 (phonetic). It ranks #3083 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 疙 sickness. Its radical form 疒 (illness) appears in many related characters such as 病 (bìng, illness), 痛 (tòng, pain), 医 (yī, medicine).
Definitions
- pimple
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸡皮疙瘩noun | jī pí gē da | goose pimples |
| 疙瘩noun | gē da | swelling or lump on skin |
| 宝贝疙瘩noun | bǎo bèi gē da | (of a child) apple of one's eye |
| 这疙瘩 | zhèi gā da | variant of 這嘎達|这嘎达 |
| 面疙瘩noun | miàn gē da | dough dumpling |
| 榆木疙瘩 | yú mù gē da | (lit.) knot on an elm tree (idiom) |
| 疙疸 | gē da | variant of 疙瘩 |
| 疙瘩汤noun | gē da tāng | dough-drop soup (made by dropping small, irregular lumps of dough into the simmering broth) |
疙 appears in 8 compound words: 38 as the first character, 0 as the last, and 63 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 疙 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
写好疙字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo gē zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhèng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "疙" correctly, you need to master the correct stroke order.
葡萄皮上冒出“小疙瘩”，还能放心吃吗？
pú táo pí shàng mào chū xiǎo gē dá , hái néng fàng xīn chī ma ?
There are “little bumps” on the grape skins—is it still safe to eat them?
光是预告片里那场洛阳城头的烽火，就已经让人起鸡皮疙瘩了。
guāng shì yù gào piàn lǐ nà chǎng Luò yáng chéng tóu de 烽 huǒ , jiù yǐ jīng ràng rén qǐ jī pí gē dá le .
Just the scene of the beacon fires on the walls of Luoyang in the trailer alone is enough to give you goosebumps.
《铁甲钢拳》《机动战士高达》里的铁疙瘩，终于从二次元杀进现实了。
tiě jiǎ gāng quán jī dòng zhàn shì gāo dá lǐ de tiě gē dá , zhōng yú cóng èr cì yuán shā jìn xiàn shí le .
The metal monsters from *Real Steel* and *Mobile Suit Gundam* have finally burst out of the anime world and into reality.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 疒 (sickness) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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