HSK 4 · Function Words

各 gè “each” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 各 means

  1. each
  2. every

How to say 各

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale各gè4th tone, falling

各 in a sentence

  1. 今天咱各付各的。

    Jīntiān zán gè fù gè de.

    Let’s each pay our own way today.

    Sentence #686884 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 近来各方面都有所改进。

    Jìnlái gè fāngmiàn dōu yǒusuǒ gǎijìn.

    Things have improved in every area lately.

    Sentence #4717465 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 各位，请安静。

    Gèwèi, qǐng ānjìng.

    Everyone, please be quiet.

    Sentence #824599 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 各 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 各 (gè) with each of its parts in a different colour
各gèeach
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 各

各 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

各 (gè) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 各 (gè). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 各

Words with 各

各位gèwèi · everyone (polite address)各自gèzì · each各抒己见gèshūjǐjiàn · everyone voices their own opinion

More words: Particles & Connectors

而ér · and份fèn · measure word for portions否则fǒuzé · otherwise刚gāng · just共同gòngtóng · common故意gùyì · deliberately光guāng · light互相hùxiāng · each other

FAQs

各 (gè) means “each” or “every”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it gè: gè with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 各 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ge with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 各 from the suggestions. Typing ge into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
各 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.