Chinese word

各

Pronunciation

Pinyingè

Meaning

  • adverbeach

Example

学生们各拿了一本书。xué shēng men gè ná le yì běn shū

The students each took a book.

Illustration for 各 (each)

More examples

他们的意见各不相同。tā men de yì jiàn gè bù xiāng tóng

Their opinions are all different.

Core concept

Keeps a group in view while treating its members as separate points rather than as one unit.

Common phrases

  • 各不相同gè bù xiāng tóng

    all different

Similar words

各自gè zì: Individually, with each person or thing acting or having something on its own.
分别fēn bié: Separately, keeping people or things distinct and dealing with them apart.
逐个zhú gè: Individually in sequence, dealing with one person or thing after another.

Definition in Chinese

表示把整体分成若干独立的个体或部分，强调各部分分别处理或各自承担，常见用法有“各+名词”“各自”“各+动词”。biǎo shì bǎ zhéng tǐ fēn chéng ruò gān dú lì de gè tǐ huò bù fèn qiáng diào gè bù fèn fēn bié chú lǐ huò gè zì chéng dān cháng jiàn yòng fǎ yǒu gè míng cí gè zì gè dòng cí

Word origin

各 (gè, "each") began as a picture of a foot reaching a place, then acquired its modern meaning when the character was used to mark individual members.

Usage tips

  • Used without a following noun or verb, 各 (gè, "each") often sounds formal in everyday speech, so a fuller phrase is usually more natural in conversation.

Other meanings

  • everyadjective
  • each onepronoun

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