喝
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to drink; variant of 嗬[he1]
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,526 U+559D
How 喝 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 曷 (phonetic, hé)
How to remember it
drink · Heisig RSH #851
口 mouth + siesta
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 曷
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 曷 (hé) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曷 sound component | hé | what, why, where, which, how |
| 褐 | hè | coarse wool; dull, brown |
| 揭 | jiē | to lift off a cover; to reveal, to divulge; surname |
| 葛 | gé | an edible bean; vine; surname |
| 歇 | xiē | to stop, to rest, to lodge |
| 竭 | jié | to exhaust; to put forth great effort |
| 渴 | kě | thirsty, parched; to yearn, to pine for |
| 羯 | jié | wether, castrated ram; deer skin |
| 谒 | yè | to visit, to pay respects |
| 蝎 | xiē | scorpion |
| 遏 | è | to curb, to check, to stop, to suppress |
| 猲 | hè | frightened, terrified; snub-nosed dog |
| 碣 | jié | stone tablet |
Words containing 喝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喝西北风 | hē xī běi fēng | (lit.) to drink the northwest wind (idiom); (fig.) to go hungry; to have nothing to eat |
| 大吃大喝 | dà chī dà hē | to eat and drink as much as one likes; to make a pig of oneself |
| 白吃白喝 | bái chī bái hē | to freeload |
| 大吃二喝 | dà chī èr hē | to eat and drink extravagantly; to binge |
| 牛不喝水强按头 | niú bù hē shuǐ qiǎng àn tóu | lit. to try to make an ox drink by forcing its head down to the water (idiom); fig. to try… |
| 牛不喝水难按角 | niú bù hē shuǐ nán àn jiǎo | (idiom) you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink |
| 胡吃海喝 | hú chī hǎi hē | to eat and drink gluttonously; to pig out |
| 三个和尚没水喝 | sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē | lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom); fig. everybody's business is nobody's bus… |
| 吃喝拉撒 | chī hē lā sā | (coll.) eating, drinking, defecating and urinating; the mundane necessities of everyday li… |
| 喝凉水都塞牙 | hē liáng shuǐ dōu sāi yá | (coll.) to be out of luck |
| 呼来喝去 | hū lái hè qù | to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders; always bossing people around |
| 吃喝玩乐 | chī hē wán lè | (lit.) to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom); (fig.) to abandon oneself to a life of pl… |
| 喝断片 | hē duàn piàn | to get blackout drunk (slang) |
| 喝高 | hē gāo | to get drunk |
| 喝道 | hè dào | to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted); (old) (of … |
| 吃喝拉撒睡 | chī hē lā sā shuì | (coll.) eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping; the mundane necessities of e… |
| 喝光 | hē guāng | to drink up; to finish (a drink) |
| 吃香喝辣 | chī xiāng hē là | lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom); fig. to live well |
| 好喝 | hǎo hē | tasty (drinks) |
| 喝酒 | hē jiǔ | to drink (alcohol) |