磕

kē · ke/kè · ke

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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kē 磕

  1. to tap
  2. to knock (against sth hard)
  3. to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc)

kè 磕

  1. variant of 嗑 (kè)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)不(bù)小(xiǎo)心(xīn)磕(kē)到(dào)了(le)桌(zhuō)角(jiǎo),膝(xī)盖(gài)都(dōu)青(qīng)了(le)。

He accidentally knocked his knee against the corner of the table, and it turned black and blue.

02

进(jìn)屋(wū)前(qián),他(tā)在(zài)门(mén)口(kǒu)磕(kē)掉(diào)鞋(xié)上(shàng)的(de)泥(ní)。

Before going inside, he knocked the mud off his shoes at the doorway.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.

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