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gòu

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gòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gòu | gou4
English translation
to reach
to be enough
enough, adequate; to reach, to attain; to pass muster

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About gòu

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

gòu

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Etymology of gòu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

句多

Semantic compound

duō

Phonetic compound

gōu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. duō represents the meaning and gōu represents the sound.

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Example sentences using gòu

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困难 kùnnan de shì 如何 rúhé wéi gāi 杂志 zázhì dào 足够 zú gòu duō de hǎo 材料 cáiliào .

The difficulty is to get enough good copy to fill the magazine.

开局 kāi jú xiān ràng ,真是 zhēn shi gòu 大方 dàfāng de .

It's very sporting of you to give me an initial advantage.

常常 cháng cháng yǒu 这样 zhè yàng de 情况 qíngkuàng , yòng lái 培养 péiyǎng 骨干 gǔgàn zhī de 分枝 fēn zhī 数量 shùliàng gòu .

Frequently insufficient feathers are available for the development of the framework branches.

我们 wǒmen zài 20 fēn 才够一(桥牌 qiáo pái ).

We need another twenty points to make game, ie in bridge.

显然 xiǎnrán , 生物 shēngwù duì zhè liǎng zhǒng 同分异构 tóng fēn yì gòu 能够 néng gòu 有所 yǒu suǒ 识别 shíbié .

Evidently, living things can somehow distinguish between optical isomers.

Words with gòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
能够 néng gòu can能夠
gòu enough (sufficient) gòu
不够 bù gòu not enough不夠
足够 zú gòu enough足夠
够呛 gòu qiàng unbearable夠嗆
够格 gòu gé apt夠格
受够 shòu gòu to have had enough of受夠
够朋友 gòu péng you (coll.) to be a true friend夠朋友
够不着 gòu bu zháo to be unable to reach夠不著
够意思 gòu yì si wonderful夠意思
够本 gòu běn to break even夠本
够味 gòu wèi just right夠味
够得着 gòu de zháo to reach夠得著
够戗 gòu qiàng unbearable夠戧

gòu Decomposition & Compounds

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gòu Decomposition

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