磕

kē

HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

1. to tap
2. to knock (against sth hard)
3. to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)

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• 碰 pèng 碰 pèng to touch 碰 means to bump or touch, often accidental, similar to one sense of 磕.: to touch
• 撞 zhuàng 撞 zhuàng to knock against 撞 means to hit or strike with force, stronger than 磕.: to knock against

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磕 often describes accidental bumping against something hard, like 磕到门 (bump into a door), not intentional knocking like 敲门 (knock on a door).

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他不小心 磕 到了头。

He accidentally bumped his head.

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Words Containing 磕

• 死磕 死磕 sǐ kē: (coll.) to fight to the death
• 磕碰 磕碰 kē pèng: to knock against
• 磕磕 磕磕 kē kē: (onom.) knocking
• 磕磕巴巴 磕磕巴巴 kē kē bā bā: stammering
• 磕磕绊绊 磕磕绊绊 kē ke bàn bàn: bumpy (of a road)
• 磕糖 磕糖 kē táng: (slang) to revel in the sight of one's favorite couple being affectionate
• 磕膝盖 磕膝盖 kē xī gài: (dialect) knee
• 磕头 磕头 kē tóu: to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)
• 磕头如捣蒜 磕头如捣蒜 kè tóu rú dǎo suàn: lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom)