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gēn

HSK 1freq #135

Meanings

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gēn

1.heel
2.to follow closely
3.to go with
4.(of a woman) to marry sb
5.with
6.compared with
7.to
8.towards
9.and (joining two nouns)

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Wiktionary

1.heel (of a foot, a shoe or a sock)
2.to follow
3.to marry
4.with (together)
5.as (in comparisons)
6.to; with
7.and (joining nouns)
8.at
9.to follow; to abide
10.to act for someone
11.Used to introduce the direct object of a verb.

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kɯːn): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 艮 (OC *kɯːns). Cognate with 根 (OC *kɯːn, “root”) (Wang, 1982).

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Stroke order

Components

跟⻊艮

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

跟著他走。
Follow him.
跟我进房间。
Follow me into the room.
跟這些人走。
Go with these men.
跟汤姆问好。
Say hello to Tom.
跟他們走吧。
Let's go with them.
她跟我同年。
She and I are the same age.

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Synonyms

跟隨跟從跈相跟跇綴與及和與及給連帶同告交同埋共鄧摎澗佮搭合剛邀儉教隨傮

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Related words

跟踪 to follow sb's tracks 跟随 to follow 跟前 the front (of)跟前 (of children, parents etc) at one's side; living with one 跟上 to catch up with 跟拍 to document on film the course of events 跟人 to marry (of woman)跟包 to work as footman 跟腱 heel tendon of mammals 跟从 to follow 紧跟 to follow precisely 跟手 (coll.) while doing it; on the way through