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沟 gōu

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沟 gōu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gōu | gou1
English translation
ditch
gutter
groove
gully
ravine
CL:道 dào [dào]
ditch, drain, gutter, narrow waterway

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About 沟 gōu

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

溝 gōu

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of 沟 gōu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵勾

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

勾 Gōu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 shuǐ represents the meaning and 勾 Gōu represents the sound. Simplified form of 溝 gōu .

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Example sentences using 沟 gōu

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他们 tā men 挖 wā 好 hǎo 壕沟 háo gōu ,等候 děnghòu 敌人 dírén 进攻 jìngōng .

They dug in and waited for the enemy's attack.

汽车 qì chē 翻 fān 进 jìn 水沟 shuǐ gōu 里 lǐ .

The car tipped into the ditch.

身体 shēntǐ 前 qián 几 jī 个 gè 节间 jié jiān 沟 gōu 内 nèi 经常 jīngcháng 无 wú 背 bēi 孔 Kǒng .

There are usually no dorsal pores in the first few intersegmental grooves.

汽车 qì chē 翻 fān 到 dào 水沟 shuǐ gōu 里 lǐ 去 qù 了 le .

The car went over into a ditch.

“ 是 shì 我 wǒ 把 bǎ 他 tā 从 Cóng 零开始培养 péiyǎng 起来 qǐlai , 从 Cóng 阴沟里 lǐ 捡 jiǎn 起来 qǐlai 的 de .

" I raised him up out of nothing , right out of the gutter.

Words with 沟 gōu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
沟通 gōutōng to join溝通
沟 gōu ditch溝 gōu
水沟 shuǐ gōu gutter水溝
腹股沟 fù gǔ gōu groin (anatomy)腹股溝
排水沟 pái shuǐ gōu gutter排水溝
鸿沟 hóng gōu chasm鴻溝
沟渠 gōu qú channel溝渠
壕沟 háo gōu trench壕溝
山沟 shān gōu valley山溝
代沟 dài gōu generation gap代溝
九寨沟 Jiǔ zhài gōu Jiuzhaigou Valley, Sichuan九寨溝
海沟 hǎi gōu marine trench海溝
沟壑 gōu hè gorge溝壑
卢沟桥 Lú gōu Qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争 Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng [Kàng​Rì​Zhàn​zhēng]盧溝橋
沟槽 gōu cáo groove溝槽
河沟 hé gōu brook河溝
门头沟 Mén tóu gōu Mentougou district of Beijing municipality門頭溝
门头沟区 Mén tóu gōu qū Mentougou district of Beijing門頭溝區
沟谷 gōu gǔ gully溝谷
东沟 Dōng gōu Donggou town in Liangzihu district 梁子湖區|梁子湖区 Liáng zi hú qū [Liáng​zi​hú​qū] of Ezhou city 鄂州市 È zhōu shì [E​zhōu​shì], Hubei東溝
芦沟桥 Lú gōu Qiáo Lugou Bridge or Marco Polo Bridge in southwest of Beijing, the scene of a conflict that marked the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War 抗日戰爭|抗日战争 Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng [Kàng​Rì​Zhàn​zhēng]蘆溝橋
扶沟县 Fú gōu xiàn Fugou county in Zhoukou 周口 Zhōu kǒu [Zhōu​kǒu], Henan扶溝縣
甲沟炎 jiǎ gōu yán paronychia (medicine)甲溝炎

沟 gōu Decomposition & Compounds

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沟 gōu Decomposition

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