Meaning
to place
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “ge” becomes a different word in each tone. 搁 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 耽搁dān geto tarry; to delay; to stop over
- 搁置gē zhìto shelve; to set aside
- 搁浅gē qiǎnto be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop
- 搁板gē bǎnshelf
- 搁笔gē bǐto put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)
Example Sentence
他把书随手搁在了桌子上。Tā bǎ shū suí shǒu gē zài le zhuō zi shàng.He casually put the book on the table.
他Tāhe把bǎ(marks the object)书shūbook随手suí shǒuconveniently搁gēto place在zàiat了le(completed action)桌子zhuō zitable上shàngon。