Keyword
to drink
- to shout
- to call out
- Frequency
- #906
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
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Mnemonic
口 (mouth) gives the meaning and 曷 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
喝
to drink
喝酒
to drink (alcohol)
喝茶
to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly")
喝醉
to get drunk
好喝
tasty (drinks)
吃喝
to eat and drink; food and drink
喝彩
to acclaim; to cheer
喝采
to acclaim; to cheer
吃喝玩乐
(lit.) to eat, drink, play and be merry (idiom); (fig.) to abandon oneself to a life of pleasure
大吃大喝
to eat and drink as much as one likes; to make a pig of oneself
吆喝
to shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal); to hawk (one's wares); to denounce loudly; to shout slogans
喝掉
to drink up; to finish (a drink)
喝西北风
(lit.) to drink the northwest wind (idiom); (fig.) to go hungry; to have nothing to eat
喝道
to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted); (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way
吃喝嫖赌
(lit.) to go dining, wining, whoring and gambling (idiom); (fig.) to lead a life of dissipation
呼喝
to shout
喝
to shout
白吃白喝
to freeload
吃喝拉撒
(coll.) eating, drinking, defecating and urinating; the mundane necessities of everyday life
喝令
to shout an order or command
喝光
to drink up; to finish (a drink)
怒喝
to shout intimidatingly; to bellow (in anger)
棒喝
practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism); to rebuke sternly
吃香喝辣
lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom); fig. to live well