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贾

gǔ

Character Traditional 賈

What 贾 means

1. merchant
2. to buy

Other readings

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

• Jiǎsurname Jia

Example sentences

• 贝贾亚在阿尔及利亚。
  Bejaia is in Algeria.
• 贝贾亚[阿尔及利亚北部港市]在阿尔及利亚
  Bèi gǔ yà [ ā'ěrjílìyà běibù gǎng shì ] zài ā'ěrjílìyà
  Bejaia is in Algeria.

Words starting with 贾

• 贾宝玉Jiǎ Bǎo yùJia Baoyu, male character in The Dream of Red Mansions, in love with his cousin Lin Daiyu…
• 贾平凹Jiǎ Píng wāJia Pingwa (1952-), Chinese novelist
• 贾庆林Jiǎ Qìng línJia Qinglin (1940-), member of the Politburo Standing Committee 2002-2012
• 贾客gǔ kèmerchant (old)
• 贾第虫jiǎ dì chóng(biology) giardia (esp. Giardia lamblia)
• 贾南德拉Jiǎ nán dé lāGyanendra of Nepal
• 贾第虫病jiǎ dì chóng bìng(medicine) giardiasis
• 贾谊Jiǎ YìJia Yi (200-168 BC), Chinese poet and statesman of the Western Han Dynasty
• 贾汪区Jiǎ wāng QūJiawang, a district of Xuzhou City 徐州市
• 贾思勰Jiǎ Sī xiéJia Sixie, sixth century writer and author of agricultural encyclopedia Essential skill…
• 贾斯汀·比伯Jiǎ sī tīng · Bǐ bàJustin Bieber (1994-), Canadian singer
• 贾伯斯Jiǎ bó sīJobs (name); see also 史提夫·史提夫·贾伯斯
• 贾汪Jiǎ wāngsee 贾汪区

Words containing 贾

• 商贾shāng gǔmerchant
• 佩鲁贾Pèi lǔ jiǎPerugia (city in Italy)
• 内贾德Nèi jiǎ déMahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian fundamentalist politician, president of Iran…
• 罗贾瓦Luó jiǎ wǎRojava (de facto autonomous region in northeastern Syria)
• 里贾纳Lǐ jiǎ nàRegina city, capital of Saskatchewan province, Canada
• 阿布贾Ā bù jiǎAbuja, capital of Nigeria
• 多钱善贾duō qián shàn gǔmuch capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions
• 富商大贾fù shāng dà gǔ(idiom) tycoon; magnate
• 富商巨贾fù shāng jù gǔ(idiom) tycoon; magnate
• 恩贾梅纳Ēn jiǎ méi nàN'Djamena, capital of Chad
• 余勇可贾yú yǒng kě gǔlit. spare valor for sale (idiom); fig. after former successes, still ready for more…
• 拉夫桑贾尼Lā fū sāng jiǎ níAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
• 拉贾斯坦邦Lā jiǎ sī tǎn bāngRajasthan (state in India)
• 艾哈迈迪内贾德Ài hā mài dí nèi jiǎ déAhmadinejad or Ahmadinezhad (Persian name); Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian…
• 史提夫·贾伯斯Shǐ tí fū · Jiǎ bó sīSteve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc.

Characters built on 覀

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

• 覆fùto cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 粟sùmillet; (metonym) grain

Characters that look like 贾

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

• 营yíngcamp; barracks; battalion
• 贸màocommerce; trade
• 冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless
• 贺hèto congratulate
• 叟sǒuold gentleman; old man
• 胄zhòuhelmet; descendants

Sounds the same

Read gǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 股thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (finance) stock; share
• 古ancient; old; paleo-
• 鼓drum; to drum; to strike
• 骨bone
• 谷grain; corn
• 汩confused; extinguished; (onomatopoeia) used in 汩汩
• 蛊arch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch
• 牯bullock; cow
• 钴(chemistry) cobalt (Taiwan pr. gū); used in 钴𬭁gǔ mǔ
• 鹘used in 鹘鸼
• 瞽blind; undiscerning
• 诂to comment; to explain