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gōu

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gōu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gōu | gou1
English translation
variant of gōu
> gōu [gōu]
to hook
to sew
to crochet
hook
check mark or tick
window catch
hook, barb, sickle; to hook, to link

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About gōu

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

gōu

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A metal  jīn hook  Gōu Gōu also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of gōu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

钅勾

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Example sentences using gōu

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yòng jiǎo gōu Duàn 漂浮 piāofú zhāo de 木头 mùtou .

I reached for a floating log with my foot.

yǎo ěr shí , jiù bèi diào zài gōu shǎng .

As the fish snaps at the bait, it gets caught on the hook.

河里 de 很多, diào 线 xiàn shǎng de 鱼饵 yú ěr mán hǎo , 这些 zhè xiē 越来越 yuè lái yuè 狡猾 jiǎohuá ,今天 jīntiān 就是 jiù shì 上钩 shàng gōu .

There are plenty of fish in the river, and good baits on my line, but the fish are getting clever and refuse to rise to the

zài biān , páo 丁在 zuò gōu xíng 饼干 bǐnggān 之前 zhī qián 查阅 chá yuè le běn 食谱 shí pǔ .

By crook, the cook looked through a cookbook before making hooked cookies.

zài biān , 厨子 chú zi zài zuò gōu xíng bǐng gān 之前 zhī qián 查阅 chá yuè le 一本食谱 shí pǔ .

By the crook, the cook looked through cookbook before making hooked cookies.

Words with gōu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gōu to hook gōu
上钩 shàng gōu to take the bait上鉤
钩子 gōuzi hook鉤子
脱钩 tuō gōu to cut ties脫鉤
鱼钩 yú gōu fishhook魚鉤
挂钩 guà gōu to couple掛鉤
拉钩 lā gōu pinky swear拉鉤
钩住 gōu zhù to hook onto鉤住
吊钩 diào gōu suspended hook吊鉤
钓钩 diào gōu fishhook釣鉤
钩针 gōu zhēn crochet hook鉤針
搭钩 dā gōu a hook搭鉤
钩心斗角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)鉤心鬥角
挠钩 náo gōu iron hook at the end a long pole撓鉤

gōu Decomposition & Compounds

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gōu Decomposition

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