Don't stutter!
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
结巴
to stutter
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to stutter
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 结巴 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 结巴 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
I am stuttering.
Tom is stuttering.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 结巴.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 结巴.
Directly before
- 在结巴3
- 别结巴1
- 开始结巴1
- 说话结巴1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 结巴
What does 结巴 mean in Chinese?
结巴 (jiēba) means to stutter.
How do you pronounce 结巴?
结巴 is pronounced jiēba.
Is 结巴 an HSK word?
结巴 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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