滚

• 拼音: gǔn
• 汉字拆解: 滚 = 氵(water) + 衮 (phonetic, rolling motion)

含义

To roll; to get lost; to boil. Movement in a circular manner or harsh command to leave.

Has three main uses: 1) Physical rolling motion, 2) Water boiling (滚开), 3) Rude command to leave. The 'get lost' meaning is quite harsh and offensive in formal contexts.

例句

1. 球从山坡上滚了下来。
2. 水已经滚了，可以下饺子了。
3. 这件事越滚越大，现在很难处理了。

用法指南

语境: motion, cooking, colloquial, exclamation

语气: varies

正确说法

• 水滚了。(The water is boiling.)
• 雪球越滚越大。(The snowball rolled bigger and bigger.)

错误说法

• 滚！ to strangers or elders (this is extremely rude — equivalent to 'get lost' or worse)

起源与历史

Phonosemantic compound: 氵(water radical) + 衮 (phonetic), originally describing rolling water or boiling.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal