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狗

gǒu

HSK 1 Character Measure word 只、条

What 狗 means

1. dog

Example sentences

• 我怕狗。
  I am afraid of dogs.
• 小心狗！
  Beware of the dog!
• 他怕狗。
  He's afraid of dogs.
• 狗会叫。
  Dogs bark.
• 狗在叫。
  The dog is barking.
• 这是狗獾！
  Zhè shì gǒuhuān!
  That's the badger!

Words starting with 狗

• 狗屁gǒu pìbullshit; nonsense
• 狗肉gǒu ròudog meat
• 狗熊gǒu xióngblack bear; coward
• 狗日的gǒu rì de(vulgar) damned; fucking (attributive intensifier); (vulgar) bastard
• 狗屎gǒu shǐcanine excrement; dog poo; bullshit
• 狗子gǒu zi(colloquial) dog
• 狗崽子gǒu zǎi zi(colloquial) puppy; (derog.) son of a bitch
• 狗吠gǒu fèibark; to bark
• 狗屋gǒu wūkennel
• 狗展gǒu zhǎndog show
• 狗带gǒu dài(net slang) to go away; to slink off; (transliteration of "go die", possibly from 去死
• 狗年gǒu niánYear of the Dog (e.g. 2006)
• 狗日gǒu rìlit. fucked or spawned by a dog; contemptible; lousy, fucking
• 狗牌gǒu páidog tag
• 狗狗gǒu gōu(colloquial) dog; doggie
• 狗粮gǒu liángdog food; (net slang) public display of affection (term used by singles 单身狗
• 狗舍gǒu shèkennel
• 狗血gǒu xiěmelodramatic; contrived
• 狗门gǒu méndog door; dog flap
• 狗东西gǒu dōng xiscumbag; scoundrel
• 狗狗币Gǒu gōu bìDogecoin (cryptocurrency)
• 狗男女gǒu nán nǚa couple engaged in an illicit love affair; a cheating couple
• 狗杂种gǒu zá zhǒngson of a bitch; damn bastard
• 狗急跳墙gǒu jí tiào qiánga cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom); to be driven to desperate action

Words containing 狗

• 走狗zǒu gǒuhunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog
• 狼狗láng gǒuwolfdog
• 打狗Dǎ gǒuTakow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung 高雄
• 野狗yě gǒuwild dog; feral dog; stray dog
• 疯狗fēng gǒurabid dog; (fig.) vicious dog; aggressive dog; (fig.) vicious person; madman
• 猎狗liè gǒuhunting dog
• 猪狗zhū gǒupig-dog (intended as insult); Schweinhund
• 哈巴狗hǎ bā gǒupekingese (dog); (fig.) sycophant; lackey
• 狐朋狗友hú péng gǒu yǒua pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels
• 热狗rè gǒuhot dog (loanword)
• 周狗zhōu gǒuobedient dog; lackey
• 土狗tǔ gǒunative dog; mole cricket (colloquial word for agricultural pest Gryllotalpa 蝼蛄
• 奶狗nǎi gǒuvery young puppy
• 小狗xiǎo gǒupup; puppy
• 厂狗chǎng gǒu(slang) (often used self-deprecatingly) factory worker
• 搜狗Sōu gǒuSogou, Chinese technology company known for its search engine and input method editor
• 海狗hǎi gǒufur seal
• 鱼狗yú gǒukingfisher
• 京巴狗jīng bā gǒuPekingese (dog breed)
• 单身狗dān shēn gǒu(net slang) person who is neither married nor in a relationship (used self-deprecatingly)
• 小奶狗xiǎo nǎi gǒu(slang) naive, clingy, emotionally dependent, cute young guy (type of boyfriend)
• 撒狗粮sǎ gǒu liáng(slang) to be lovey-dovey in public
• 沙皮狗shā pí gǒuChinese shar-pei (dog breed)
• 流浪狗liú làng gǒustray dog

Characters built on 句

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

• 够gòuenough (sufficient); enough (too much); (colloquial) (before adj.) really
• 苟gǒu(literary) if indeed; (bound form) careless; negligent; (bound form) temporarily
• 枸gōubent; crooked
• 佝gōuused in 佝偻; Taiwan pr. kòu
• 笱gǒubasket for trapping fish
• 岣gǒuname of a hill in Hunan

Characters that look like 狗

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

• 构gòuto construct; to form; to make up
• 购gòuto buy; to purchase
• 均jūn(bound form) equal; uniform; even; (literary) without exception; all
• 拘jūto capture; to restrain; to constrain
• 矜jīnto boast; to esteem; to sympathize
• 枸gōubent; crooked

Sounds the same

Read gǒu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 苟(literary) if indeed; (bound form) careless; negligent; (bound form) temporarily
• 笱basket for trapping fish
• 岣name of a hill in Hunan
• 耇wrinkled face of the elderly
• 枸used in 枸骨; used in 枸杞
• 耈old variant of 耇
• 耉old variant of 耇