鼓鼓

gǔgǔ
adjective #30,302

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 1
Tā de qiánbāo gǔgǔ de.
His wallet is bulging.
HSK 2
Shūbāo zhuāng de gǔgǔnāngnāng.
The schoolbag was packed bulging full.
HSK 4
Háizi de xiǎo liǎndàn gǔgǔ de, kě'ài jí le.
The kid's cheeks were puffed out, too cute.

Tips

usage
Reduplicated adjective from (drum, but verbally "to bulge/swell"). Almost always used with attached: 鼓鼓 X. The fuller form 鼓鼓囊囊 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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