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(hē) - to drink in Mandarin

hē

Traditional: 喝

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HSK 1
#342 of 2,700Core 1000

Translation

to drink

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Word origin

喝 (hē, 'to drink') is a phono-semantic compound: 口 (the mouth radical) gives the meaning of an action done with the mouth, while 曷 (hé) supplies the sound.

Origin
phono-semantic compound
Root
口 (mouth radical) + 曷 (hé, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 喝

喝

Examples

？

What would you like to drink?

。

I like to drink tea.

。

He drinks coffee every morning.

。

I want to drink a cup of hot tea.

。

He drinks milk every morning.

喝 (hē) - to drink.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 喝.

喝酒hē jiǔto drink alcohol

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喝: worksheet, infographic and listicle

Free printable study downloads for the Mandarin word "喝" (to drink): a worksheet with the answer key built in, an infographic, and a sentence listicle. Open any one to view, print or save.

This word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 4: 喝, 玩, 见到 and 6 more words.