旮旯

gālá

noun #38,858

Meanings

HSK 4

这个村子在大山的旮旯里，很少有人来。

Zhège cūnzi zài dàshān de gālá lǐ, hěnshǎo yǒu rén lái.

This village is tucked away in a remote corner of the mountains, and few people come here.

HSK 5

我在墙旮旯里找到了那只袜子。

Wǒ zài qiáng gālá lǐ zhǎodào le nà zhī wàzi.

I found that sock in a corner by the wall.

memory

Both characters exist only for this word and mirror each other: 旮 is 九 over 日, and 旯 is 日 over 九, like the two walls that meet in a corner.

usage

Colloquial and northern; in Beijing speech usually 旮旯儿. Set phrases: 犄角旮旯 'every nook and cranny', 山旮旯 'a remote mountain spot'.

旮 gā

旯 lá