渴 kě thirsty

Example sentences

我很渴，想喝水。Wǒ hěn kě, xiǎng hē shuǐ.I am very thirsty and want some water.
跑步以后他觉得很渴。Pǎobù yǐhòu tā juéde hěn kě.After running he felt very thirsty.

HSK 3 — the intermediate threshold: 300 new words, 600 in all. You can communicate in daily life, study and travel in China. In HSK 3.0, 渴 is in band 1. HSK 3 explained

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中渴means thirsty. You could say,中我很渴，想喝水。

I am very thirsty and want some water. Say it with me.

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Stroke order

渴 is written in 12 strokes.

渴 — the Chinese character for thirsty (kě), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 渴 — thirsty

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Where 渴 lives

HSK 3 list Practise HSK 3.0 · band 1 Practise Topic: Food and drink Practise Topic: The body Practise

渴 is pronounced kě and means “thirsty”.