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gòu

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gòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gòu | gou4
English translation
to abuse, to scold; to berate, to insult

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About gòu

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

gòu

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of gòu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠后

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Hòu

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Example sentences using gòu

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gāi 机构 jīgòu 因对救生 jiù shēng 药物 yào wù de 审批 shěn pī 速度 sùdù 太慢 ér 备受 bèi shòu 一些 yī xiē 医生 yīshēng de 诟病 gòu bìng

The agency has been vilified by some doctors for being unnecessarily slow to approve life-saving drugs.

Words with gòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
gòu disgrace gòu
诟病 gòu bìng to denounce詬病

gòu Decomposition & Compounds

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