啃

How to write 啃, stroke by stroke

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What 啃 means

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite

Pictophonetic: semantic 口 (mouth), phonetic 肯

Made of 口 + 肯

Words with 啃

• 啃老kěn lǎo(coll.) to live with and depend on one's parents even upon reaching adulthood
• 啃老族kěn lǎo zú(coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents
• 嘴啃泥zuǐ kěn níto fall flat on one's face
• 啃书kěn shūlit. to gnaw a book; to study; to cram

啃 in a sentence

• 我劝他别老想着啃老。

  wǒ quàn tā bié lǎo xiǎng zhe kěn lǎo 。

  I advised him to be independent of his parents.

• 她是啃老族。

  tā shì kěn lǎo zú 。

  She's still dependent on her parents.

Characters that sound like 啃

肯恳垦