颗 (kē) means (mw for small round things). Below are 11 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
天上有几 颗 星星。
Tiān shàng yǒu jǐ kē xīngxing.
There are a few stars in the sky.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 颗
天上有无数 颗 星星。
Tiān shàng yǒu wúshù kē xīngxing.
There are countless stars in the sky.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 无数
这 颗 星以他的名字命名。
Zhè kē xīng yǐ tā de míngzi mìngmíng.
This star is named after him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 命名
这 颗 卫星是去年发射的。
Zhè kē wèixīng shì qùnián fāshè de.
This satellite was launched last year.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 卫星
戒指上镶嵌着一 颗 宝石。
Jièzhi shang xiāngqiànzhe yì kē bǎoshí.
A gem is set in the ring.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 镶嵌
这 颗 种子几天就发芽了。
Zhè kē zhǒngzi jǐ tiān jiù fāyá le.
This seed sprouted within a few days.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 种子
戒指上镶着一 颗 小钻石。
Jièzhi shang xiāngzhe yì kē xiǎo zuànshí.
A small diamond is set in the ring.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 钻石
他的衬衫掉了一 颗 纽扣儿。
Tā de chènshān diào le yì kē niǔkòur.
A button has come off his shirt.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 纽扣儿
一 颗 石子从崖上坠了下来。
Yì kē shízǐ cóng yá shang zhuì le xiàlái.
A stone fell from the cliff.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 坠
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Questions about 颗
How is 颗 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 颗 (kē, "(mw for small round things)"), 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 颗 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 颗 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 颗 an HSK word?
Yes — 颗 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 颗?
The dictionary page for 颗 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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