kē chen

Traditional: 磕磣

磕碜 (kē chen) is a Chinese word meaning “(dialect) ugly; unsightly; shabby; (dialect) to humiliate; to ridicule”.

Meanings

  1. 1(dialect) ugly; unsightly; shabby
  2. 2(dialect) to humiliate; to ridicule

Characters in 磕碜

磕kē · to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc)碜chěn · gritty (of food)

Related words

磕to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc)磕variant of 嗑[ke4]寒碜ugly磕磕绊绊bumpy (of a road)磕头to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground)磕碰to knock against死磕(coll.) to fight to the death磕CP(slang) to ship a fictional couple; to enthusiastically support a romantic pairing磕头如捣蒜lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom)磕磕(onom.) knocking磕磕巴巴stammering磕糖(slang) to revel in the sight of one's favorite couple being affectionate

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