(gēn) - with; and; to follow in Mandarin
gēnTraditional: 跟
HSK 2
#52 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
with; and; to follow
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound: the 足 'foot' radical signals the legs and walking, and 艮 (gen) supplies the sound. The character means 'heel', extended to 'to follow' and 'with'.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 足 (foot radical) + 艮 (gen, phonetic)
Stroke order
跟
Examples
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I am going together with a friend.
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Come with me / follow me.
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I am telling you, this matter is very important.
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My younger sister looks a lot like me.
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I have lunch with my colleagues.
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 跟.
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