啃 meaning in English

kěn

to gnaw; to nibble

HSK 7-9verb11 strokes

Meaning of 啃

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

kěn
  1. to gnaw
  2. to nibble
  3. to bite

啃 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ劝quàn他tā别bié老lǎo想xiǎng着zhe啃kěn老lǎo。
I advised him to be independent of his parents.
她tā是shì啃kěn老lǎo族zú。
She's still dependent on her parents.

Stroke order for each character

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啃 kěn · to gnaw · 11 strokes

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Questions about 啃

What does 啃 mean?

啃 (kěn) means "to gnaw; to nibble" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 啃?

啃 is made of 1 character: 啃 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 啃 an HSK word?

Yes. 啃 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.