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gòu

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gòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gòu | gou4
English translation
to buy, to purchase

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About gòu

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

gòu

Contains the radical

bèi

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

money

Etymology of gòu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

貝冓

Semantic compound

bèi

Phonetic compound

gòu

Explanation

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

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Words with gòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
购物 gòuwù shopping購物
购买 gòu mǎi to buy購買
gòu to buy gòu
收购 shōu gòu to acquire (a company)收購
采购 cǎigòu to purchase採購
订购 dìng gòu to subscribe訂購
认购 rèn gòu to undertake to purchase sth認購
抢购 qiǎng gòu to buy frenetically搶購
选购 xuǎn gòu to buy選購
并购 bìng gòu acquisition併購
购置 gòu zhì to purchase購置
邮购 yóu gòu mail order郵購
定购 dìng gòu to order goods定購
代购 dài gòu to buy (on behalf of sb)代購
购买力 gòu mǎi lì purchasing power購買力
购物中心 gòu wù zhōng xīn shopping center購物中心
购买者 gòu mǎi zhě purchaser購買者
购得 gòu dé to purchase購得
采购员 cǎi gòu yuán buyer採購員
导购 dǎo gòu shopper's guide導購
预购 yù gòu advance purchase預購

gòu Decomposition & Compounds

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