滚 (gǔn): to boil, to roll, to take a hike
滚 (gǔn) is a Chinese character meaning “to boil.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 氵 (semantic) and 衮 (phonetic). It ranks #1532 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 滚 water. Its radical form 氵 (water) appears in many related characters such as 水 (shuǐ, water), 汉 (hàn, Han ethnic group), 汽 (qì, steam).
Definitions
- to boil
- to roll
- to take a hike
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摇滚verb | yáo gǔn | rock 'n' roll (music) |
| 滚开verb | gǔn kāi | (of a liquid) to boil |
| 滚蛋verb | gǔn dàn | (slang) get out of here! |
| 摇滚乐noun | yáo gǔn yuè | rock music |
| 翻滚verb | fān gǔn | to roll |
| 滚动verb | gǔn dòng | to roll |
| 打滚verb | dǎ gǔn | to roll about |
| 滚滚adjective | gǔn gǔn | to surge on |
| 滚烫adjective | gǔn tàng | boiling hot |
| 地滚球 | dì gǔn qiú | ten-pin bowling |
| 滚筒 | gǔn tǒng | roller |
| 滚边 | gǔn biān | (of a dress etc) border, edging |
| 滚轮noun | gǔn lún | roller |
| 滚珠 | gǔn zhū | bearing ball |
| 摸爬滚打phrase | mō pá gǔn dǎ | to go through challenging experiences |
滚 appears in 50 compound words: 68 as the first character, 12 as the last, and 20 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 滚 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
rolling and crawling (describes a scene in which people are chaotically fleeing every which way from danger)
Example Sentences
这条滚流经三个省份，滋养了沿岸的农田。
zhè tiáo gǔn liú jīng sān gě shěng fèn , zī yǎng le yán àn de nóng tián .
This river flows through three provinces, nourishing the farmland along its banks.
港铁九龙塘站扶手梯多人滚下跌倒 两名长者受伤
gǎng tiě jiǔ lóng táng zhàn fú shǒu tī duō rén gǔn xià diē dǎo liǎng míng cháng zhě shòu shāng
Two elderly people were injured when many people rolled down the escalator at MTR Kowloon Tong Station
开杠杆资产狂翻51倍!740万怎么滚成3.8亿?为什么敢重压台指期?杠杆风险...
kāi gàng gān zī chǎn kuáng fān 5 1 bèi ! 7 4 0 wàn zěn má gǔn chéng 3 . 8 yì ? wéi shén má gǎn chóng yā tái zhǐ qī ? gàng gān fēng xiǎn . . .
Leveraged assets have skyrocketed 51 times! How to roll 7.4 million into 380 million? Why do you dare to put pressure on the Taiwan index? Leverage risk...
男公园练投篮“球滚路中”害雷残 索国赔吞败
nán gōng yuán liàn tóu lán qiú gǔn lù zhōng hài léi cán suǒ guó péi tūn bài
Men's park practice shooting "ball rolling in the road" harms thunder and damages the country to compensate for defeat
台股强强滚,抱股还是减码?专家点名护国群山:光6档...
tái gǔ qiáng qiáng gǔn , bào gǔ hái shì jiǎn mǎ ? zhuān jiā diǎn míng hù guó qún shān : guāng 6 dàng . . .
Taiwan stocks are rolling strongly, holding stocks or reducing the size? Experts named the mountains to protect the country: light 6 gears...
琼州海峡客滚运输多项数据创单日历史新高
琼 zhōu hǎi xiá kè gǔn yùn shū duō xiàng shǔ jù chuàng dān rì lì shǐ xīn gāo
A number of data on passenger roll-on transportation in the Qiongzhou Strait hit a record high in a single day
融合爵士是摇滚乐与爵士乐的融合。
Rónghé juéshì shì yáogǔnyuè yǔ juéshìyuè de rónghé.
Jazz fusion is a combination of rock and jazz.
我在一支迷幻摇滚乐团里弹吉他。
Wǒ zài yī zhī míhuàn yáogǔnyuè tuán lǐ tán jítā.
I play guitar in a psychedelic rock band.
你比较喜欢哪一个，摇滚乐还是古典音乐？
Nǐ bǐjiào xǐhuan nǎyīge, yáogǔnyuè háishi gǔdiǎnyīnyuè?
Which do you like better, rock music or classical music?
你这个畜牲，给我滚开！
Nǐ zhège chùshēng, gěi wǒ gǔnkāi!
You filthy beast, get out of here!
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 氵 (water) component
Homophones — Characters pronounced gǔn
Frequently Asked Questions
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