棵

棵 kē in a sentence

Piece of straw (measure word for plants and trees)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 13 sentences

棵 (kē) means Piece of straw (measure word for plants and trees). Below are 13 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

院子里有两 棵 树。

Yuànzi lǐ yǒu liǎng kē shù.

There are two trees in the yard.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 棵

他在门口种了一 棵 小树。

Tā zài ménkǒu zhòng le yì kē xiǎo shù.

He planted a small tree by the gate.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 棵

这 棵 树的根很深。

Zhè kē shù de gēn hěn shēn.

The roots of this tree go deep.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 根

这 棵 树被砍掉了。

Zhè kē shù bèi kǎn diào le.

This tree was cut down.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 砍

这 棵 树遮挡了阳光。

Zhè kē shù zhēdǎng le yángguāng.

This tree blocks the sunlight.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 遮挡

窗户外面有一 棵 大树。

Chuānghu wàimiàn yǒu yì kē dà shù.

There is a big tree outside the window.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 窗户

一 棵 大树横在路中间。

Yì kē dà shù héng zài lù zhōngjiān.

A big tree lay across the middle of the road.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 横

闪电劈开了那 棵 老树。

Shǎndiàn pī kāi le nà kē lǎo shù.

Lightning split that old tree.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 劈

那 棵 树被风吹得有些倾斜。

Nà kē shù bèi fēng chuī de yǒuxiē qīngxié.

That tree has been blown somewhat askew by the wind.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 倾斜

他在院子里种植了几 棵 果树。

Tā zài yuànzi lǐ zhòngzhí le jǐ kē guǒshù.

He planted a few fruit trees in the yard.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 种植

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From the graded readers

窗户外边有一 棵 树,上边常常有鸟。

chuāng hùwài biān yǒu yī kē shù, shàng biān chángcháng yǒu niǎo.

Outside the window there's a tree, and there are often birds in it.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My New Room

门前的那 棵 树比我记得的大了很多。

ménqián de / dì nà / nèi kē shù bǐ wǒ jìde de / dì dà le / liǎo / liào hěnduō.

The tree in front of the door was much bigger than I remembered.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home

照片上有四个年轻人,站在一 棵 大树下面。

zhàopiàn shàng yǒu sì gè niánqīngrén, zhàn zài yī kē dàshù xiàmian.

There were four young people in it, standing under a big tree.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph

Questions about 棵

How is 棵 used in a sentence?

This page shows 13 sentences using 棵 (kē, "Piece of straw (measure word for plants and trees)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Why do some sentences show 棵 inside a longer word?

Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 棵 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.

Is 棵 an HSK word?

Yes — 棵 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 棵?

The dictionary page for 棵 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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