膝
盖

Knee in Chinese: 膝盖 (xī gài)

xī gài

knee

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 膝蓋1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1knee
  2. 2(Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)

Stroke order

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膝
盖

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧ

xī

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄍㄞˋ

gài

ㄍ/ gㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

膝盖

Simplified

膝蓋

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他摔了一跤，膝盖擦破了。

    tā shuāi le yì jiāo， xī gài cā pò le。

    He took a fall and scraped his knee.

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Related words

盖

gài

lid

覆盖

fù gài

to cover

盖子

gài zi

cover

涵盖

hán gài

to cover

掩盖

yǎn gài

to conceal

遮盖

zhē gài

to hide

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