啃 [－]

Jyutping hang2
Pinyin kèn

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, colloquial
    to eat

啃 [－]

Jyutping hang3
Pinyin kěn

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. used in Northern dialect

啃 [－]

Jyutping kang2
Pinyin kěn

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to gnaw/to nibble/to bite
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    有​啲​嘢​食卡​咗​喺​喉​嚨
    to choke on food
    • 鯁魚骨
      鲠鱼骨
      kang2 jyu4 gwat1
      to choke on a fish bone
    • 食得咁快小心鯁親呀。
      食得咁快小心鲠亲呀。
      sik6 dak1 gam3 faai3 siu2 sam1 kang2 can1 aa3.
      Don't eat your food too fast or you might choke.
  2. 參看
    哽、鯁、骾
  3. 動詞
    夾硬​吞落​喉嚨
    to swallow forcefully
    • 鯁埋呢碗涼茶啦！
      鲠埋呢碗凉茶啦！
      kang2 maai4 lei1 wun2 loeng4 caa4 laa1
      Just one more bowl of herbal tea.
  4. 動詞
    引伸​指無奈​接受
    figuratively, to accept reluctantly
    • 做兄弟嘅幫你鯁咗呢單嘢啦。
      做兄弟嘅帮你鲠咗呢单嘢啦。
      zou6 hing1 dai6 ge3 bong1 nei5 kang2 zo2 lei1 daan1 je5 laa1
      I will take the job for you this time, bro.

啃 [－]

Jyutping hang2
Pinyin kěn

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to gnaw/to nibble/to bite
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, obsolete, onomatopoeic
    cough
  2. character
    to gnaw; to nibble
  3. character, figuratively
    to delve into; to study or overcome
    • 啃書本
      啃书本
      kěn shū běn
      to delve into books
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. gnaw, chew, bite
  2. Cangjie Input
    RYMB
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2405
  2. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #468

啃 [－]

Jyutping han2
Pinyin kěn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to gnaw
  2. to nibble
  3. to bite
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to gnaw/to nibble/to bite
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我劝他别老想着啃老。
    我勸他別老想着啃老。
    wǒ quàn tā bié lǎo xiǎng zhe kěn lǎo 。
    • I advised him to be independent of his parents.
  2. Mandarin
    她是啃老族。
    她是啃老族。
    tā shì kěn lǎo zú 。
    • She's still dependent on her parents.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    恶啃
    惡啃
    ok3 kang2
    • difficult to deal with
  2. Cantonese
    狗好钟意啃骨头。
    狗好鐘意啃骨頭。
    • Dogs love to chew bones.
  3. Cantonese
    我唔钟意干啃面包。
    我唔鍾意乾啃麪包。
    ngo5 m4 zung1 ji3 gon1 kang2 min6 baau1.
    • I hate eating bread without anything to drink.
  4. Cantonese
    咁大只死猫我啃唔落
    咁大隻死貓我啃唔落
    • This fault caused by others is so big that I can't take the blame at all.
  5. Cantonese
    呢条女咁巴辣，你啃啦！
    呢條女咁巴辣，你啃啦！
    lei1 tiu4 neoi2 gam3 baa1 laat6, nei5 kang2 laa1!
    • She is hard to handle, you have her!
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    啃书本
    啃書本
    kěn shū běn
    • to delve into books
  2. Mandarin
    读书？读个屁！你知道现在是什么时代吗？学生不能光死啃书本儿啦！今后我们日本，应该官民一致，为建立强大的国防力量，发扬皇威而奋斗！
    讀書？讀個屁！你知道現在是什麼時代嗎？學生不能光死啃書本兒啦！今後我們日本，應該官民一致，為建立強大的國防力量，發揚皇威而奮鬥！
    dú shū ？ dú ge pì ！ nǐ zhī dào xiàn zài shì shén me shí dài ma ？ xué shēng bù néng guāng sǐ kěn shū běn r5 la ！ jīn hòu wǒ men rì běn ， yìng gāi guān mín yī zhì ， wèi jiàn lì qiáng dà de guó fáng lì liàng ， fā yáng huáng wēi ér fèn dòu ！
    • X
  3. Mandarin
    例如进攻某一运动中之敌，打早了，暴露了自己，给了敌人以预防条件；打迟了，敌已集中驻止，变为啃硬骨头。
    例如進攻某一運動中之敵，打早了，暴露了自己，給了敵人以預防條件；打遲了，敵已集中駐止，變為啃硬骨頭。
    lì rú jìn gōng mǒu yī yùn dòng zhōng zhī dí ， dǎ zǎo le ， bào lù le zì jǐ ， gěi le dí rén yǐ yù fáng tiáo jiàn ； dǎ chí le ， dí yǐ jí zhōng zhù zhǐ ， biàn wéi kěn yìng gǔ tou ．
    • For example, in attacking an enemy force on the move, if we strike too early, we expose ourselves and give the enemy a chance to prepare, and if we strike too late, the enemy may have encamped and concentrated his forces, presenting us with a hard nut to crack.