胳臂 (gēbei) · arm

Measure Word

一条胳臂 tiáo

HSK 7-9

他的胳臂因为受伤打了石膏。

Tā de gēbei yīnwèi shòushāng dǎ le shígāo.

His arm was put in a cast because of an injury.

HSK 7-9

她挽着男朋友的胳臂走在街上。

Tā wǎn zhe nánpéngyou de gēbei zǒu zài jiēshàng.

She walked down the street with her boyfriend's arm linked in hers.

usage

胳臂 is a colloquial northern Mandarin word for arm. The more formal terms are 手臂 or 臂膀. The reading is gēbei (neutral tone on 臂) in everyday speech.

胳 gē

臂 bì