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顾

gù

HSK 3 Character Traditional 顧

What 顾 means

1. to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to

Other readings

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

• Gùsurname Gu

Example sentences

• 顾客没来。
  The customer did not come.
• 照顾好他。
  Look after them.
• 请照顾我。
  Please take care of me.
• 她左顾右盼。
  Tā zuǒgùyòupàn.
  She looked all around.
• 照顾好自己。
  Take care.
• 谁照顾孩子？
  Who looks after the children?

Words starting with 顾

• 顾客gù kècustomer; client
• 顾问gù wènadviser; consultant
• 顾虑gù lǜmisgivings; apprehensions; to worry about; to be concerned about
• 顾不上gù bu shàngcannot attend to or manage
• 顾及gù jíto take into consideration; to attend to
• 顾不得gù bu deunable to change sth; unable to deal with
• 顾忌gù jìto have misgivings; apprehension; worry
• 顾名思义gù míng sī yìas the name implies
• 顾盼gù pàn(literary) to look around; (literary) to care for
• 顾家gù jiāto take care of one's family
• 顾全大局gù quán dà júto take the big picture into consideration (idiom); to work for the benefits of all
• 顾主gù zhǔ(old) customer
• 顾全gù quánto give careful consideration to; to display thoughtfulness towards
• 顾不及gù bu jí(of sb who is preoccupied with doing sth) to pay no heed to…
• 顾客至上gù kè zhì shàngthe customer reigns supreme (idiom)
• 顾念gù niànto care for; to worry about
• 顾野王Gù Yě wángGu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇
• 顾此失彼gù cǐ shī bǐlit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)…
• 顾左右而言他gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā(idiom) to digress from the topic of discussion
• 顾炎武Gù Yán wǔGu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and…
• 顾惜gù xīto take loving care of; to value
• 顾影自怜gù yǐng zì liánlit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom)…
• 顾盼自雄gù pàn zì xióngto strut about feeling complacent (idiom)
• 顾恺之Gù Kǎi zhīGu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the…

Words containing 顾

• 照顾zhào guto take care of; to show consideration; to attend to
• 不顾bù gùin spite of; regardless of
• 回顾huí gùto look back; to review
• 不屑一顾bù xiè yī gùto disdain as beneath contempt (idiom)
• 后顾之忧hòu gù zhī yōufears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action)…
• 统筹兼顾tǒng chóu jiān gùan overall plan taking into account all factors
• 光顾guāng gùto visit (as a customer)
• 只顾zhǐ gùto focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied with
• 不顾一切bù gù yī qiè(idiom) to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns
• 环顾huán gùto look around; to survey
• 兼顾jiān gùto handle two or more responsibilities at the same time…
• 义无反顾yì wú fǎn gùhonor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back…
• 自顾自zì gù zìeach minding his own business
• 眷顾juàn gùto care for; to show concern for; to think longingly (of one's country)
• 奋不顾身fèn bù gù shēnto dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers…
• 左顾右盼zuǒ gù yòu pànglancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around
• 四顾sì gùto look around
• 主顾zhǔ gùclient; customer
• 不管不顾bù guǎn bù gù(idiom) to pay scant regard to (sth); (idiom) unheeding; reckless
• 反顾fǎn gùto glance back; (fig.) to regret; to have second thoughts about sth
• 看顾kàn gùto watch over
• 回顾展huí gù zhǎnretrospective (exhibition)
• 不顾前后bù gù qián hòuregardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
• 不顾大局bù gù dà júto give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)

Characters that look like 顾

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

• 顺shùnto obey; to follow; to arrange
• 颁bānto promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 颇pōrather; quite; considerably
• 猖chāngferocious
• 祯zhēnauspicious; lucky
• 殒yǔn(literary) to perish; to die

Sounds the same

Read gù, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 梏braces (med.); fetters; manacles
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• 凅dried up; dry; exhausted
• 堌place name
• 牿shed or pen for cattle
• 鲴Xenocypris, genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia