格 gē ㄍㄜ gaak3

格 gé ㄍㄜˊ gaak3 HSK 7-9

  • square; lattice; grid; frame
  • compartment; partition; slot (within a larger unit)
  • (bound form) standard; norm; specification
  • (bound form) character; disposition; moral quality; style; aesthetic tone
  • (bound form) rhetorical form; stylistic pattern
  • (bound form) (linguistics) grammatical case
  • (literary) to correct; to rectify
  • (literary) to arrive at; to reach
  • (literary) to obstruct; to hinder
  • (literary) to investigate exhaustively
  • classifier for compartments, slots or cells within a larger unit

Stroke order

Practice writing

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Example sentences

  • 价格 價格 ( jià gé gaa3 gaak3 ) 高 ( gāo gou1 )。

    Prices are high.

  • 我 ( wǒ ngo5 ) 很 ( hěn han2 ) 严格 嚴格 ( yán gé jim4 gaak3 )。

    I'm very strict.

  • 汤姆 湯姆 ( Tāng mǔ tong1 mou5 ) 很 ( hěn han2 ) 严格 嚴格 ( yán gé jim4 gaak3 )。

    Tom is strict.

  • 玛 瑪 ( mǎ ) 格 ( gé gaak3 ) 很 ( hěn han2 ) 激动 激動 ( jī dòng gik1 dung6 )。

    Meg is excited.

  • 我 ( wǒ ngo5 ) 是 ( shì si6 ) 苏珊 蘇珊 ( Sū shān sou1 saan1 ) 格林 ( Gé lín gaak3 lam4 )。

    I'm Susan Greene.

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