喝 (hē)
to drink
How 喝 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 喝
- Simplified
- 喝 (unchanged)
喝 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- hē
- to drink; My goodness!
- hè
- to shout loudly
Common words using 喝
- 喝酒 hējiǔ
- to drink (alcohol)
- 吃喝 chīhē
- food and drink; diet
- 吃喝嫖賭 chīhēpiáodǔ
- to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling; to lead a life of dissipation
- 吃喝玩樂 chīhēwánlè
- to eat, drink and be merry (idiom); to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
- 吆五喝六 yāowǔhèliù
- lit. to shout out hoping for fives and sixes when gambling with dice; a hubbub of gambling
- 吆喝 yāohe
- to shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal)
- 呵喝 hēhè
- to shout loudly; to bellow; to berate
- 呼來喝去 hūláihèqù
- to call to come and shout to go (idiom); to yell orders; always bossing people around
- 呼喝 hūhè
- to shout
- 喝令 hèlìng
- to shout an order or command
- 喝倒彩 hèdàocǎi
- to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)
- 喝光 hēguāng
- to drink up; to finish (a drink)
喝 in a sentence
多喝水對身體好。
Duō hē shuǐ duì shēntǐ hǎo.
“Drinking plenty of water is good for your health.”
How common is 喝?
喝 is the 981st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 88.9% of all running text.
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