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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gū | gu1
English translation
to buy and sell; of inferior quality

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Abbreviation / 简称略语 Jiǎnchēng lüèyǔ

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water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵古

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to buy
待价而沽 dài jià ér gū to wait for a good offer待價而沽
沽名钓誉 gū míng diào yù to angle for fame (idiom)沽名釣譽
泸沽湖 Lú gū Hú Lugu Lake瀘沽湖
塘沽 Táng gū Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区 Bīn hǎi xīn qū [Bīn​hǎi​xīn​qū]塘沽 Táng gū
塘沽区 Táng gū qū Tanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区 Bīn hǎi xīn qū [Bīn​hǎi​xīn​qū]塘沽區
汉沽区 Hàn gū qū Hangu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区 Bīn hǎi xīn qū [Bīn​hǎi​xīn​qū]漢沽區
汉沽 Hàn gū Hangu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 濱海新區|滨海新区 Bīn hǎi xīn qū [Bīn​hǎi​xīn​qū]漢沽
沽源 Gū yuán Guyuan county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口 Zhāng jiā kǒu [Zhāng​jiā​kǒu], Hebei沽源 Gū yuán
沽源县 Gū yuán xiàn Guyuan county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口 Zhāng jiā kǒu [Zhāng​jiā​kǒu], Hebei沽源縣

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