pīnyīn 
pin1yin1 
ㄓㄨㄧㄣ 
 
simplified 
traditional 
 
葛 
葛 
ge2 
 
 
kudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth 
葛 
葛 
ge3 
 
 
surname Ge 
 
strokes 
12 
 
radical 
 
 
strokes after radical 
9 
 
榜葛剌 
榜葛剌 
bang3 ge2 la4 
 
 
old Chinese name for Bengal, now written 孟加拉 
杯葛 
杯葛 
bei1 ge3 
 
 
to boycott (loanword) 
长葛 
長葛 
chang2 ge3 
 
 
Changge county level city in Shangqiu 商丘, Henan 
长葛市 
長葛市 
chang2 ge3 shi4 
 
 
Changge county level city in Shangqiu 商丘, Henan 
葛布 
葛布 
ge2 bu4 
 
 
hemp cloth 
葛粉 
葛粉 
ge2 fen3 
 
 
starch of pueraria root; arrowroot flour 
葛根 
葛根 
ge2 gen1 
 
 
tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine 
葛巾 
葛巾 
ge2 jin1 
 
 
hemp headcloth 
葛藤 
葛藤 
ge2 teng2 
 
 
tangle of vines; fig. complications 
葛洲坝 
葛洲壩 
ge2 zhou1 ba4 
 
 
name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan 
葛法翁 
葛法翁 
ge3 fa3 weng1 
 
 
Capernaum (biblical town on the Sea of Galilee) 
葛洪 
葛洪 
ge3 hong2 
 
 
Ge Hong (283-363), Jin dynasty Daoist and alchemist, author of 抱樸子|抱朴子 
葛莱美奖 
葛萊美獎 
ge3 lai2 mei3 jiang3 
 
 
Grammy Award (US prize for music recording); also written 格萊美獎|格莱美奖 
葛兰素史克 
葛蘭素史克 
ge3 lan2 su4 shi3 ke4 
 
 
GlaxoSmithKline, British pharmaceutical company 
葛缕子 
葛縷子 
ge3 lv3 zi5 
 
 
caraway; Persian cumin (Carum carvi) 
葛摩 
葛摩 
ge3 mo2 
 
 
Comoros (Tw) 
葛瑞格尔 
葛瑞格爾 
ge3 rui4 ge2 er3 
 
 
Gregoire (name) 
葛优 
葛優 
ge3 you1 
 
 
Ge You (1957-), Chinese actor 
葛优躺 
葛優躺 
ge3 you1 tang3 
 
 
see 北京癱|北京瘫 
瓜葛 
瓜葛 
gua1 ge2 
 
 
intertwined (as melon and vine plants); interconnected; association (of two things) 
纠葛 
糾葛 
jiu1 ge2 
 
 
entanglement; dispute 
三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮 
三個臭皮匠,頂個諸葛亮 
san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 - ding3 ge4 zhu1 ge3 liang4 
 
 
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom; wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual 
三个臭皮匠,合成一个诸葛亮 
三個臭皮匠,合成一個諸葛亮 
san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 - he2 cheng2 yi1 ge4 zhu1 ge3 liang4 
 
 
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom 
三个臭皮匠,赛过一个诸葛亮 
三個臭皮匠,賽過一個諸葛亮 
san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 - sai4 guo4 yi1 ge4 zhu1 ge3 liang4 
 
 
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom; wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual 
三个臭皮匠,赛过诸葛亮 
三個臭皮匠,賽過諸葛亮 
san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 - sai4 guo4 zhu1 ge3 liang4 
 
 
lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom); fig. collective wisdom; wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual 
三个臭皮匠,胜过一个诸葛亮 
三個臭皮匠,勝過一個諸葛亮 
san1 ge4 chou4 pi2 jiang5 - sheng4 guo4 yi1 ge4 zhu1 ge3 liang4 
 
 
variant of 三個臭皮匠,賽過一個諸葛亮|三个臭皮匠,赛过一个诸葛亮 
事后诸葛亮 
事後諸葛亮 
shi4 hou4 zhu1 ge3 liang4 
 
 
a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20 
诸葛 
諸葛 
zhu1 ge3 
 
 
two-character surname Zhuge 
诸葛亮 
諸葛亮 
zhu1 ge3 liang4 
 
 
Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 during the Three Kingdoms period; the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义, where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius; mastermind 
准葛尔盆地 
準葛爾盆地 
zhun3 ge3 er3 pen2 di4 
 
 
Dzungaria or Jungarian depression in north Xinjiang between Altai and Tianshan