膝盖 meaning in English

xīgài

knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 膝蓋26 strokes

Meaning of 膝盖

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

xīgài
  1. knee
  2. (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)

膝盖 in example sentences

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

玛mǎ丽lì处chǔ理lǐ了le膝xī盖gài的de伤shāng口kǒu。
Mary treated her wounded knee.
我wǒ在zài膝xī盖gài上shàng跟gēn婴yīng儿ér玩wán。
I played with the baby on my knee.
积jī雪xuě深shēn及jí膝xī盖gài。
The snow was knee deep.
我wǒ的de膝xī盖gài疼téng。
My knee aches.
他tā从cóng腰yāo部bù到dào膝xī盖gài都dōu湿shī了le。
He got wet from the waist to the knees.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

膝 xī · knee · 15 strokes

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  15. 15

盖 gài · lid · 11 strokes

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  9. 9
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  11. 11

Related words

Words that share a character with 膝盖.

覆盖fùgàito cover
掩盖yǎngàito conceal; to hide behind
盖子gàizicover; lid
涵盖hángàito cover; to comprise
遮盖zhēgàito hide; to cover (one's tracks)
盖上gàishangto cover
卑躬屈膝bēigōngqūxīto bow and bend the knee (idiom); fawning; bending and scraping to curry favor
盖儿gàircover; lid
盖世gàishìunrivalled; matchless
引擎盖yǐnqínggài(car) hood; bonnet
盖章gàizhāngto affix a seal; to stamp (a document)
头盖骨tóugàigǔskull; cranium

Questions about 膝盖

What does 膝盖 mean?

膝盖 (xīgài) means "knee; (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 膝盖?

膝盖 is made of 2 characters: 膝 (15 strokes), 盖 (11 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.

Is 膝盖 an HSK word?

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

How is 膝盖 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 膝盖 is written 膝蓋.