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呱

gū

Character

What 呱 means

1. used in {呱呱|gū gū}
2. Taiwan pr. wā

Other readings

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

• guāused in {呱呱|guā guā}

Example sentences

• 呱呱！
  Ribbit!

Words starting with 呱

• 呱呱gū gū(onomatopoeia) the crying of a baby
• 呱呱叫guā guā jiàoexcellent; tip-top
• 呱呱坠地gū gū zhuì dì(idiom) (of a baby) to enter the world with a loud cry; to be born
• 呱呱堕地gū gū duò dìsee 呱呱坠地

Words containing 呱

• 拉呱lā gua(dialect) to chat; to gossip
• 顶呱呱dǐng guā guāexcellent; first-rate; top-notch; superb
• 咭咭呱呱jī jī guā guā(onomatopoeia) giggling noise
• 啦呱lā guavariant of 拉呱

Characters built on 瓜

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

• 孤gūlone; lonely
• 弧húarc
• 狐húfox
• 觚gūgoblet; rule; law
• 瓠hùgourd

Characters that look like 呱

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

• 味wèitaste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
• 弧húarc
• 咪mīsound for calling a cat
• 咀jǔto chew; to masticate
• 咚dōng(onomatopoeia) boom (of a drum); knock (on the door)
• 哌pàiused in transliteration

Sounds the same

Read gū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 估to estimate
• 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
• 毂used in 毂辘
• 鸪partridge; Francolinus chinensis
• 轱used in 轱辘