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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gù | gu4
English translation
to look back; to look at; to look after

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Number of strokes

21

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

雇頁

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
照顾 zhàogu to take care of照顧
顾客 gùkè client顧客
顾问 gùwèn adviser顧問
回顾 huígù to look back回顧
to look after
不顾 bùgù in spite of不顧
顾虑 gùlǜ misgivings顧慮
兼顾 jiān gù to attend simultaneously to two or more things兼顧
光顾 guāng gù to visit (as a customer)光顧
不顾一切 bù gù yī qiè reckless不顧一切
顾及 gù jí to attend to顧及
只顾 zhǐ gù engrossed只顧
眷顾 juàn gù to care for眷顧
顾忌 gù jì worry顧忌
后顾之忧 hòugùzhīyōu worries about the future consequences後顧之憂
义无反顾 yì wú fǎn gù no surrender義無反顧
环顾 huán gù to survey環顧
顾不得 gù bu de unable to change sth顧不得
不屑一顾 bùxièyīgù to disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)不屑一顧
奋不顾身 fèn bù gù shēn regardless of perils奮不顧身
惠顾 huì gù your patronage惠顧
顾名思义 gù míng sī yì as the name implies顧名思義
顾家 gù jiā to take care of one's family顧家
主顾 zhǔ gù client主顧
顾全大局 gù quán dà jú to work for the benefits of all顧全大局

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