喝
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hē · to drink

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HSK 2.0 · Level 1HSK 3.0 · Level 1Frequency #428
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Shape and proportion

12Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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口Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 喝

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hēWords pronounced hē
hèWords pronounced hè
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Example sentences

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Bù hē jiǔ de nán rén hái shì nán rén ma?不喝酒的男人还是男人吗?

Are men who don't drink still men?

Source: Tatoeba #775781 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā bù hē jiǔ le.他不喝酒了。

He doesn't drink any more.

Source: Tatoeba #12278163 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ xiǎng wǒ hē dé tài duō le.我想我喝得太多了。

I think that I drank too much.

Source: Tatoeba #1490514 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ bù hé wǒ yì qǐ hē diǎn chá ma?你不和我一起喝点茶吗?

Won't you have some tea with me?

Source: Tatoeba #336634 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Gěi wǒ diǎn hē de.给我点喝的。

Give me something to drink.

Source: Tatoeba #347092 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Suǒ yǒu rén dōu hē zuì le, chú le wǒ.所有人都喝醉了,除了我。

Everyone was drunk, except me.

Source: Tatoeba #4148169 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 喝 in context

  1. Say hē, then recall the core meaning: to drink.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 吃喝玩乐 (chī hē wán lè), meaning “lit. to eat, drink, play and be merry”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 喝 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.