(gēn) - with; and; to follow in Mandarin
gēnTraditional: 跟
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.
Where this fits
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 跟.
Used in
Stories
(6)Grammar articles
(5)Mandarin Causatives 使 (shǐ), 令 (lìng) and 让 (ràng): Making Someone Feel or Do Something
Mandarin Comparatives: 比, 比较, 最, 跟…一样 and How to Say 'More', 'Most', 'Same As'
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses
The Mandarin 是…的 (shì...de) Construction: Highlighting When, Where, and How Something Happened
The Mandarin 于 (yú) Family: 对于, 关于, 由于, 至于, 属于, 位于, 终于
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