Chinese symbol for “stuttering”
磕磕巴巴
kē kē bā bā
stammering; stuttering; not speaking fluently
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stuttering is 磕磕巴巴 (kē kē bā bā), defined as: stammering; stuttering; not speaking fluently.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 磕磕巴巴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 磕头 (磕頭) | kē tóu | to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground) |
| 磕碰 | kē pèng | to knock against; to bump into |
| 磕磕绊绊 (磕磕絆絆) | kē ke bàn bàn | bumpy (of a road); limping (of a person) |
| 死磕 | sǐ kē | (coll.) to fight to the death |
| 磕CP | kē CP | (slang) to ship a fictional couple; to enthusiastically support a romantic pairing; also pr. [ke4 CP] |
| 磕磕 | kē kē | (onom.) knocking |
| 巴士 | bā shì | bus (loanword); motor coach |
| 鸡巴 (雞巴) | jī ba | dick; penis (vulgar) |
| 嘴巴 | zuǐ ba | mouth (张 (zhāng)); slap in the face |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stuttering”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.