磕

Mandarin · pinyin kē#

Meanings · kē

  1. to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc)
  2. (fandom slang) to be into (a character relationship, dynamic, or trope)
Mandarin · pinyin kè#

Meanings · kè

  1. variant of 嗑 kè
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磕
kē · hit; collide, knock into; sound
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ham2 · hap1 · hap6 · koi3

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character · Etymology 1

  1. to knock sth. against a hard surface; to dash against a stone
  2. to knock an item off another item by hitting them against a hard surface
  3. to kowtow
  4. (dialect, figurative) to fight
  5. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to hurt; to malign; to slander

character · Etymology 2

  1. (slang) alternative form of 嗑 (“to consume (drugs)”)
  2. (fandom slang) alternative form of 嗑 (“to ship”)

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磕 · ke1 · ke4
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Exact source records磕 磕 [ke1] /to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc)/(fandom slang) to be into (a character relationship, dynamic, or trope)/磕 磕 [ke4] /variant of 嗑[ke4]/