疙瘩

gēda

noun HSK 7-9 #20,961

Measure Word

一个疙瘩 gè

Meanings

1 lump on the skin
2 pimple
3 knot (in wood or rope)
4 mental block
5 unresolved issue
6 worry

Characters

lump / bump (used in this compound)

bump / swelling (used in this compound)

Examples

HSK 3

他脸上长了几个疙瘩。

Tā liǎn shàng zhǎng le jǐ gè gēda.

He has a few pimples on his face.

HSK 3

这件事一直是他心里的一个疙瘩。

Zhè jiàn shì yìzhí shì tā xīnlǐ de yí ge gēda.

This matter has always been a knot in his heart.

Tips

usage

疙瘩 is highly colloquial and covers both physical lumps (skin bumps, knots in wood) and psychological ones (心里的疙瘩 = an unresolved grievance or mental block). The neutral stress on 瘩 (gēda, not gēdá) is characteristic of northern dialects.

Stroke Order

疙 gē

瘩 da