Chinese words starting with “ge”
41 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable ge. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 11 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial g · final e · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 18
- 2nd tone 12
- 4th tone 11
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 个人gè rénHSK 3
individual; personal; oneself
- 各位gè wèiHSK 3
everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you
- 各种gè zhǒngHSK 3
every kind of; all kinds of; various
- 哥哥gē geHSK 1
older brother
- 个性gè xìngHSK 3
individuality; personality
- 歌手gē shǒuHSK 3
singer
- 各地gè dìHSK 3
in all parts of (a country); various regions
- 各自gè zìHSK 3
each; respective; apiece
- 歌声gē shēngHSK 3
singing voice; fig. original voice of a poet
- 歌迷gē míHSK 3
fan of a singer
- 个子gè ziHSK 2
height; stature; build; size
All 41 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 个 | gè | q,g | (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual | |
| 2 | 歌 | gē | n,g | song; to sing | |
| 3 | 各 | gè | r | each; every | |
| 4 | 哥 | gē | n | elder brother | |
| 5 | 格 | gé | n,b,g | square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively | |
| 6 | 歌曲 | gē qǔ | n | song | |
| 7 | 革命 | gé mìng | vn,v | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) | |
| 8 | 隔 | gé | v,g,vn | to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of | |
| 9 | 各个 | gè gè | r | every; various; separately, one by one | |
| 10 | 割 | gē | v | to cut; to cut apart | |
| 11 | 胳膊 | gē bo | n | arm | |
| 12 | 隔离 | gé lí | vn,v | to separate; to isolate | |
| 13 | 隔壁 | gé bì | s | next door; neighbor | |
| 14 | 歌词 | gē cí | n | song lyric; lyrics | |
| 15 | 个别 | gè bié | a,ad | individually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare | |
| 16 | 歌唱 | gē chàng | v,vn | to sing | |
| 17 | 个体 | gè tǐ | n | individual | |
| 18 | 格外 | gé wài | d | especially; particularly | |
| 19 | 鸽子 | gē zi | n | pigeon; dove; various birds of the family Columbidae | |
| 20 | 歌舞 | gē wǔ | n | singing and dancing | |
| 21 | 歌剧 | gē jù | n | Western opera | |
| 22 | 格式 | gé shì | n | form; specification; format | |
| 23 | 搁 | gē | v | to place; to put aside; to shelve | |
| 24 | 歌星 | gē xīng | n | singing star; famous singer | |
| 25 | 革新 | gé xīn | vn,v | to innovate; innovation | |
| 26 | 格局 | gé jú | n | structure; pattern; layout | |
| 27 | 各式各样 | gè shì gè yàng | l | (of) all kinds and sorts; various | |
| 28 | 搁置 | gē zhì | v | to shelve; to set aside | |
| 29 | 歌颂 | gē sòng | v,vn | to sing the praises of; to extol; to eulogize | |
| 30 | 个案 | gè àn | n | individual case; special case | |
| 31 | 搁浅 | gē qiǎn | v | to be stranded (of ship); to run aground; fig. to run into difficulties and stop | |
| 32 | 隔阂 | gé hé | n | misunderstanding; estrangement; (language etc) barrier | |
| 33 | 疙瘩 | gē da | n | swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; lump; preoccupation; problem | |
| 34 | 格格不入 | gé gé bù rù | v | (idiom) inharmonious; incompatible | |
| 35 | 个儿 | gè r | n | size; height; stature | |
| 36 | 隔开 | gé kāi | to separate | ||
| 37 | 戈壁 | gē bì | n | Gobi (desert) | |
| 38 | 各抒己见 | gè shū jǐ jiàn | v | everyone gives their own view | |
| 39 | 歌咏 | gē yǒng | n | to sing | |
| 40 | 各奔前程 | gè bèn qián chéng | v | each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead | |
| 41 | 个头儿 | gè tóu r | size; height; stature |
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