"喝" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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喝
Trad. 喝
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 口
Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 12
Structure
Decomp. 口日匃蹵
口 + 曷
Prononciation
Mandarin hē; hè
Entry Methods
Pinyin he1; he4
Kanji /
Cangjie
 RAPV
口日心女
Sijiao 6602.7
Wubi KJQN
CNS 11643 1-5E42
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+559D
GB2312 BAC8
BIG5 B3DC
HSK
Level 1
Results for 喝
喝 hē to drink / variant of 嗬[he1]
喝 hè to shout
Results beginning with 喝
喝酒 hē jiǔ to drink (alcohol)
喝道 hè dào to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) / (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way
喝茶 hē chá to drink tea / to get engaged / to have a serious conversation / (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
喝醉 hē zuì to get drunk
喝彩 hè cǎi to acclaim / to cheer
喝采 hè cǎi to acclaim / to cheer
喝光 hē guāng to drink up / to finish (a drink)
喝止 hè zhǐ to shout at sb to stop
喝令 hè lìng to shout an order or command
喝斥 hē chì to berate / to excoriate / to chide / also written 呵斥[he1 chi4]
喝叱 hē chì variant of 呵斥[he1 chi4]
喝叱 hè chì see 呵斥[he1 chi4]
喝斥 hè chì to berate / to excoriate / to chide / also written 呵斥[he1 chi4]
喝掉 hē diào to drink up / to finish (a drink)
喝高 hē gāo to get drunk
喝挂 hē guà (coll.) to get drunk / to get hammered
喝茫 hē máng (slang) to get drunk (Tw)
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喝倒彩 hè dào cǎi to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)
喝断片 hē duàn piàn to get blackout drunk (slang)
喝西北风 hē xī běi fēng lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom) / cold and hungry
喝凉水都塞牙 hē liáng shuǐ dōu sāi yá (coll.) to be out of luck
Approximate Results for 喝
吃喝 chī hē to eat and drink / food and drink
吆喝 yāo he to shout / to bawl / to yell (to urge on an animal) / to hawk (one's wares) / to denounce loudly / to shout slogans
好喝 hǎo hē tasty (drinks)
叱喝 chì hè to shout at / to berate
棒喝 bàng hè practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism) / to rebuke sternly
嗔喝 chēn hè to yell at sb in rage
呵喝 hē hè to shout loudly / to bellow / to berate
呼喝 hū hè to shout
难喝 nán hē unpleasant to drink
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请喝茶 qǐng hē chá (lit.) to invite to tea / (fig.) (of police etc) to interrogate sb about their subversive political activities and warn them against further involvement
吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè to eat, drink and be merry (idiom) / to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
吆五喝六 yāo wǔ hè liù lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice / a hubbub of gambling
呼来喝去 hū lái hè qù to call to come and shout to go (idiom) / to yell orders / always bossing people around
开锣喝道 kāi luó hè dào to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
白吃白喝 bái chī bái hē to freeload
蹭吃蹭喝 cèng chī cèng hē to cadge a meal
吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling / to lead a life of dissipation
吃香喝辣 chī xiāng hē là lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom) / fig. to live well
大吃大喝 dà chī dà hē to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself
大吃二喝 dà chī èr hē to eat and drink extravagantly / to binge
胡吃海喝 hú chī hǎi hē to eat and drink gluttonously / to pig out
吃喝拉撒睡 chī hē lā sā shuì to eat, drink, shit, piss, and sleep / (fig.) the ordinary daily routine
牛不喝水难按角 niú bù hē shuǐ nán àn jiǎo (idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink
牛不喝水强按头 niú bù hē shuǐ qiǎng àn tóu lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom) / fig. to try to impose one's will on sb
三个和尚没水喝 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
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