磕
kē
Pinyin

Definition

磕
 - 
kē
  1. to tap
  2. to knock (against sth hard)
  3. to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)
磕
 - 
kè
  1. variant of 嗑[kè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (7)

磕头
kē tóu
  1. 1 to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
死磕
sǐ kē
  1. 1 (coll.) to fight to the death
磕
kē
  1. 1 to tap
  2. 2 to knock (against sth hard)
  3. 3 to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)
磕碰
kē pèng
  1. 1 to knock against
  2. 2 to bump into
  3. 3 to have a disagreement
  4. 4 to clash
磕磕绊绊
kē ke bàn bàn
  1. 1 bumpy (of a road)
  2. 2 limping (of a person)

Idioms (1)

磕头如捣蒜
kè tóu rú dǎo suàn
  1. 1 lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pound the ground with one's head

Sample Sentences

话也不能这么说。给他找一个条件好的养老院，有专业人员看护，又可以和年纪差不多的人唠唠磕，有可能比你把他放在家里好。
huà yě bùnéng zhème shuō 。gěi tā zhǎo yī ge tiáojiàn hǎo de yǎnglǎoyuàn ，yǒu zhuānyè rényuán kānhù ，yòu kěyǐ hé niánjì chàbuduō de rén làolao kē ，yǒu kěnéng bǐ nǐ bǎ tā fàng zài jiālǐ hǎo 。
You can't say that. If you find him a good nursing home, with professional caretakers, where he can chat with people about the same age as him, it might even be better than putting him at home.
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我花果也都摆好了，先来给爸妈磕头吧！
wǒ huā guǒ yě dōu bǎi hǎo le ，xiān lái gěi bàmā kētóu ba ！
The fruit and flowers are in place too, now let's kowtow to mum and dad!
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别这么不给面子嘛！我给你下跪，我给你磕头，我求求你...
bié zhème bù gěi miànzi ma ！wǒ gěi nǐ xiàguì ，wǒ gěi nǐ kētóu ，wǒ qiúqiú nǐ ...
A: Please give me a little dignity! I'll kneel down in front of you, I'll kowtow to you, please...
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哪对夫妻没有磕磕碰碰？其实都不是什么大事，只是冠伟的嗓门儿大，所以听上去好像很严重。
nǎ duì fūqī méiyǒu to squabble ？qíshí dōu bù shì shénme dàshì ，zhǐshì Guànwěi de sǎngménr dà ，suǒyǐ tīngshàngqù hǎoxiàng hěn yánzhòng 。
Don't all husbands and wives quarrel from time to time? Actually, it was never anything big. It's just that Guan Wei had a loud voice, so it sounded very serious.
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我是小顺子，给娘娘磕头。
wǒ shì Xiǎoshùnzi ，gěi niángniang kētóu 。
I'm Xiao Shunzi. I'm kowtowing for my lady.
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