鼓鼓

gǔgǔ
adjective #30,302

Meanings

  1. 1 bulging
  2. 2 puffed up
  3. 3 swollen out
  4. 4 stuffed full

Examples

Tā de qiánbāo gǔgǔ de.
His wallet is bulging.
Háizi de xiǎo liǎndàn gǔgǔ de, kě'ài jí le.
The kid's cheeks were puffed out, too cute.
Shūbāo zhuāng de gǔgǔnāngnāng.
The schoolbag was packed bulging full.

Tips

usage
Reduplicated adjective from (drum, but verbally "to bulge/swell"). Almost always used with attached: 鼓鼓的 X. The fuller form 鼓鼓囊囊 (gǔgǔnāngnāng) intensifies the "bulging-and-stuffed" feel — bag, pockets, cheeks all qualify.
memory
is literally a drum, and a drum's stretched skin bulges outward — a perfect mnemonic. Reduplicate to make it vivid: "drum-drum-y" = bulgy, puffed out.

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