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Mythic Mandarin

胳膊 (gē bo): meaning and stroke order

胳膊 (gē bo) means arm, 只条双.

胳膊

Simplified
胳膊
Traditional
胳膊 (same form)
Pinyin
gē bo

Stroke order of 胳膊

胳

  • gē variant of 胳[ge1]
  • gā used in 胳肢窩|胳肢窝[ga1 zhi5 wo1]
  • gē armpit
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 肐

Stroke by stroke

膊

  • bó shoulder; upper arm
  • 14 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 胳膊

  1. gē bo
    • arm
    • CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2],雙|双[shuang1]

Radicals of the characters

胳
Radical 肉 (Kangxi radical 130) · 10 strokes · 月 on the left, 各 on the right
膊
Radical 肉 (Kangxi radical 130) · 14 strokes · 月 on the left, 尃 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

胳膊 in our stories

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  • 刚开始，她一个都拉不上去，每天练完胳膊疼得连筷子都拿不稳。

    gāng kāishǐ tā yí gè dōu lā bú shàngqu měitiān liàn wán gēbo téng de lián kuàizi dōu ná bù wěn

    At first she couldn't pull herself up even once, and after each session her arms hurt so much she could barely hold her chopsticks.

    From the story Pull-ups HSK 4

  • 妈妈根本不知道镜头开着。她一边拉面，一边数落儿子：“你看看你，练了半年，胳膊还没我粗！”

    māma gēnběn bù zhīdao jìngtóu kāi zhe tā yìbiān lāmiàn yìbiān shǔluo érzi nǐ kànkan nǐ liàn le bànnián gēbo hái méi wǒ cū

    His mother had no idea the camera was on. Pulling noodles, she scolded her son: "Look at you—six months of training and your arms still aren't as thick as mine!"

    From the story Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 胳膊

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).