swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; lump; preoccupation; problem

sore; boil; scab

used in 疙瘩[ge1 da5]

variant of 這嘎達|这嘎达[zhei4 ga1 da5]

dough dumpling

(of a child) apple of one's eye

(lit.) knot on an elm tree (idiom); (fig.) blockhead; dunce