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估

gū

HSK 4 Character

What 估 means

1. to estimate

Other readings

估 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• gùused in {估衣|gù yi}

Example sentences

• 别低估我。
  Don't underestimate me.
• 你高估了他。
  You overestimate him.
• 你可别低估我。
  Don't underestimate me.
• 我从没低估汤姆。
  I've never underestimated Tom.
• 玛丽低估了自己。
  Mary is selling herself short.
• 不要低估我的力量。
  Bù yào dīgū wǒ de lìliang.
  Don't underestimate my power.

Words starting with 估

• 估计gū jìto estimate; to assess; to calculate; (colloquial) to reckon; to think (that ...)
• 估算gū suànassessment; evaluation
• 估价gū jiàto value; to appraise; to be valued at
• 估量gū liangto estimate; to assess
• 估摸gū moto reckon; to guess
• 估值gū zhívaluation; estimation
• 估定gū dìngto assess; to estimate the value
• 估测gū cèestimate
• 估产gū chǎnto assess; to estimate (value of property, yield of harvest etc)
• 估衣gù yisecondhand clothes; cheap ready-made clothes
• 估堆儿gū duī rto assess an entire lot

Words containing 估

• 评估píng gūto evaluate; to assess; assessment
• 低估dī gūto underestimate; to underrate
• 高估gāo gūto overestimate; to overrate
• 不可估量bù kě gū liànginestimable; incalculable; beyond measure
• 度估dù gū(Taiwan) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])
• 推估tuī gūto estimate
• 重估chóng gūto re-evaluate
• 预估yù gūto estimate; to forecast; prediction
• 据估计jù gū jìaccording to estimates
• 约略估计yuē lüè gū jìapproximate estimate; to reckon roughly
• 环境影响评估huán jìng yǐng xiǎng píng gūenvironmental impact assessment EIA; abbr. to 环评
• 初估chū gūto make a preliminary estimate
• 最大似然估计zuì dà sì rán gū jìmaximum-likelihood estimation (statistics)
• 粗估cū gūrough estimate
• 捏估niē guto act as a go-between

Characters built on 古

These share the phonetic component 古 (gǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason
• 固gùhard; strong; solid
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 辜gūcrime; sin
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring

Characters that look like 估

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 始shǐto begin; to start; then
• 仿fǎngto imitate; to copy
• 佑yòu(bound form) to bless; to protect
• 怯qiètimid; cowardly; rustic
• 枋fāngSantalum album; square wooden pillar
• 佶jídifficult to pronounce

Sounds the same

Read gū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 姑paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 孤lone; lonely
• 辜crime; sin
• 骨used in 骨碌碌; used in 骨碌; used in 骨朵
• 菇(bound form) mushroom
• 箍hoop; to bind with hoops
• 咕(onomatopoeia) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
• 沽to buy; to sell
• 呱used in 呱呱; Taiwan pr. wā
• 毂used in 毂辘
• 鸪partridge; Francolinus chinensis
• 轱used in 轱辘