啃

The character "啃" has 11 strokes. "啃" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "啃" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "啃" are "kěn" . View the stroke order of "啃">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "啃"

v.: bite; gnaw; nibble; take great pains with one's studies

• bite : v.咬；啃；咬住；抓地；着地不滑；咬伤；叮；蜇
• gnaw : v.咬；啃；啮；折磨；咬（或啃）成；烦扰；折磨
• nibble : v.啃；一点点地咬；断断续续吃少量东西；轻咬；蚕食；表现出谨慎的兴趣

Form words with "啃"

啃老现象 boomerang kid phenomenon

Example phrases using "啃"

• 这篇文章我啃了两个小时才弄懂。

  I wrestled with this piece of writing for two hours before I grasped its content.

• 他虽然已经30岁了，但还在啃老。

  He is already 30 years old, but still lives off his parents.

• 老鼠将一些木器啃坏了。

  The rats had gnawed away some of the woodwork.

• 他坐在那里啃一块饼干

  [with obj.]he sat nibbling a biscuit

• 他们将进入一个笼子和啃同一骨！

  They will go into one kennel and gnaw the same bone!

• 把她的脸咬下来, 啃她的骨头.

  Tear her face off, strip her to the bones.

• 有的人在紧张的时候喜欢啃指甲。

  People may bite their nails when they are nervous.

• 北京街头，一个正在啃肉串的小孩。

  A child enjoys a meat skewer in Beijing.

• 可是他每顿饭只能啃两个高粱面馍.

  But he could only nibble two steamed buns of broomcorn flour at each meal.

• 我能看到狗儿在花园里啃一块骨头.

  I could see my dog in the garden, worrying at a bone.