(bound form) used in words for bumps, lumps, or phonetic transcriptions, such as in 圪垯 gē​da

(literary) a mound or hillock of earth

(onomatopoeia) the sound of laughter, often used in phrases like 圪圪嗤嗤 gē​gē​chī​chī

(literary) appearing high and large, often used to describe a tall wall

(dialectal) prefix used in nouns in Northern Chinese dialects, often for corners or small landforms, as in 圪崂 gē​láo or 山圪 shān​gē