赌
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to bet; to gamble
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 貝 +8
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 賭
- Common rank
- #1,920
- Unicode
- U+8D4C
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 赌
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 赌上一局 | to engage in a game of chance; to gamble; to make a bet | |
| 轮盘赌 | roulette | |
| 赌气 | to act in a fit of pique; to get in a huff; to be peeved | |
| 打赌 | to bet; to make a bet; a wager | |
| 赌城 | casino town; nickname for Las Vegas | |
| 十赌九输 | lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom); fig. gambling is a mug's game | |
| 赌本 | money to gamble with; (fig.) resources one can afford to risk | |
| 赌场 | casino | |
| 赌球 | (ball) sports betting | |
| 对赌 | to place a bet (with sb); to take a risk (with one's time and effort etc, e.g. on a busine… | |
| 愿赌服输 | lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose; fig. you bet, you pay | |
| 赌约 | bet; wager | |
| 赌客 | gambler | |
| 赌资 | gambling money | |
| 赌斗 | to fight | |
| 赌局 | game of chance; gambling party; gambling joint | |
| 赌博 | to gamble | |
| 赌钱 | to gamble | |
| 赌鬼 | gambling addict | |
| 赌狗 | (slang) degenerate gambler; compulsive gambler |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 者 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 者 sound part | that which; they who; those who | |
| 都 | all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital | |
| 猪 | pig, hog, wild boar | |
| 诸 | all, many, various; surname | |
| 著 | to show, to prove, to make known | |
| 署 | bureau, public office; to sign | |
| 绪 | mental state; thread, clue | |
| 屠 | to butcher, to slaughter; massacre | |
| 暑 | hot; heat; summer | |
| 煮 | to boil, to cook | |
| 堵 | wall; to stop, to prevent, to block | |
| 奢 | exaggerated; extravagant, wasteful | |
| 睹 | to look at, to gaze at; to observe | |
| 渚 | islet, sandbar | |
| 箸 | chopsticks | |
| 褚 | bag, valise; to pad, to stuff; surname | |
| 赭 | hematite; ochre, reddish-brown | |
| 啫 | onomatopoeic; an interjection of warning | |
| 楮 | mulberry; paper |