渴
HSK 1freq #9442
Meanings
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- 1.thirsty
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Wiktionary
- 1.thirsty
- 2.tired
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰaːd, *ɡrad): semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 曷 (OC *ɡaːd); dry, exhausted (of water).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
你渴吗？
Are you thirsty?
我渴了。
I'm thirsty.
汤姆不渴。
Tom wasn't thirsty.
你不渴嗎？
Aren't you thirsty?
我总觉得渴。
I'm always thirsty.
我现在不特别渴。
I'm not particularly thirsty right now.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
乾渴干渴口渴叫渴如飢似渴如饥似渴如饑似渴如饑如渴如饥如渴忍饑受渴忍饥受渴思渴怒猊渴驥怒猊渴骥思賢如渴思贤如渴悶悶渴渴闷闷渴渴愛才若渴爱才若渴援溺振渴望梅止渴望梅消渴止渴止渴思梅止渴飲鴆止渴饮鸩求才若渴求賢如渴求贤如渴
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Related words
渴望 to thirst for干渴 parched渴慕 to thirst for饥渴 hungry and thirsty消渴 condition characterized by thirst, hunger, frequent urination and weight loss, identified in TCM with type 2 diabetes解渴 to quench渴求 to long for口渴 thirsty临渴掘井 lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty求贤若渴 (idiom) to eagerly seek talented people渴不可耐 to be so thirsty as to no longer be able to tolerate it望梅止渴 lit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)