kēng
verb #25,003

Meanings

  1. 1 to utter a sound; to make a noise
  2. 2 to speak up

Examples

Tā yī shēng bù kēng de zǒu le.
He left without saying a word.
Nǐ dàoshì kēng yī shēng a!
Say something, will you!
Tā téng de kēng dōu bù kēng yī shēng.
It hurt so much he didn't make a single sound.

Tips

usage
Most commonly appears in the negative pattern 一声不吭 (yī shēng bù kēng) meaning 'without uttering a word'. As [háng] it means 'throat' and appears in (to sing at the top of one's voice).
memory
Think of the (mouth) radical — is about sounds coming from the mouth/throat.

Stroke Order

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