Meaning
to boil; to roll
Chinese: 滚动，也指水沸腾。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “gun” becomes a different word in each tone. 滚 is the 3rd 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
- 摇滚yáo gǔnrock 'n' roll (music); to rock; to fall off
- 滚动gǔn dòngto roll; (to do sth) in a loop; to scroll (computing); to progressively expand (economics)
- 连滚带爬lián gǔn dài pá(idiom) stumbling and crawling; scrambling; frantically trying to escape
- 滚子gǔn ziroller
- 滚开gǔn kāi(of a liquid) to boil; boiling hot; (rude) get out!; go away!
Example Sentence
皮球从坡上滚了下来。Pí qiú cóng pō shàng gǔn le xià lái.The ball rolled down from the slope.
皮球Pí qiúball (made of rubber, leat从cóngfrom坡pōslope上shàngon滚gǔnto boil了le(completed action)下来xià láito come down。