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羔

gāo

Character

What 羔 means

1. lamb

Example sentences

• 羊羔通常在一岁前被宰杀吃掉。
  Lambs are usually killed before they are one year old and eaten by humans.
• 羊羔通常在一岁前被宰杀并吃掉。
  Yánggāo tōngcháng zài yī suì qián bèi zǎishā bìng chīdiào.
  Lambs are usually killed before they are one year old and eaten by humans.
• 为什么我是他们唯一抱怨的人? 他们就这样拿我作例子, 利用我当代罪羔羊。
  Wèishénme wǒ shì tāmen wéiyī bàoyuàn de rén? tāmen jiù zhèyàng ná wǒ zuò lìzi, lìyòng wǒ dāngdài zuì gāoyáng.
  Why am I the only one they complain about? They're just making an example out of me and using me as a scapegoat.
• 虽然公山羊羔经常因为无法产奶而被淘汰，但有时它们会被阉割，并作为「阉羊」留在羊群中。这种脖子上挂着铃铛的「领头羊」通常是羊群的领袖。
  Although the male goat kids are often culled because they will never produce milk, they are sometimes castrated instead and allowed to remain in the herd as a "wether". With a bell around its neck, such a "bellwether" is usually the leader for the rest of the herd.

Words starting with 羔

• 羔羊gāo yángsheep; lamb
• 羔皮gāo pílambskin; kid leather

Words containing 羔

• 羊羔yáng gāolamb
• 代罪羔羊dài zuì gāo yángscapegoat
• 替罪羔羊tì zuì gāo yángscapegoat; sacrificial lamb
• 兔羔子tù gāo zisee 兔崽子
• 王八羔子wáng bā gāo zisee 王八蛋

Characters built on 灬

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

• 照zhàoaccording to; in accordance with; to shine
• 熬áoto cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
• 焘dàocover over; to envelope

Characters that look like 羔

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

• 展zhǎnto spread out; to open up; to exhibit
• 离líto leave; to part from; to be away from
• 莫mòdo not; there is none who
• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 凰huángused in 凤凰
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear

Sounds the same

Read gāo, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 高high; tall; above average
• 糕cake
• 膏ointment; paste
• 皋bank; marsh
• 篙pole for punting boats
• 睾(bound form) testicle
• 鼛large drum
• 槔used in 桔槔
• 櫜weapon case
• 髙variant of 高
• 槹variant of 槔