Meaning
my goodness; to drink; shout applause
Chinese: 喊叫。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “he” becomes a different word in each tone. 喝 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
- 喝彩hè cǎito acclaim; to cheer
- 吃喝玩乐chī hē wán lèlit. to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom); fig. to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
- 喝道hè dàoto shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted); (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way
- 好喝hǎo hētasty (drinks)
- 喝高hē gāoto get drunk
Example Sentence
天热了要多喝水。Tiān rè le yào duō hē shuǐ.When it is hot, drink more water.
天Tiānday热rèto warm up了le(completed action)要yàoto want多duōmany喝hēto drink水shuǐShui ethnic group。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The mouth radical 口 (meaning) plus 曷 (hé, sound): to take in liquid through the mouth — ‘to drink’.
A way to remember it
A mouth (口) + the sound 曷 — to drink.
Easy to confuse with
- 渴‘Thirsty’: shares the 曷 sound, but with the water radical 氵 — drink vs thirsty.