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狗
gǒu
1. dog
2. CL:[[隻|只<zhī>]], [[條|条<tiáo>]]
HSK 1 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

狗
gǒu
dog
HSK 1 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

周狗
zhōugǒu
obedient dog
唐狗
tánggǒu
mongrel
土狗
tǔgǒu
native dog
小狗
xiǎogǒu
pup
戌狗
xūgǒu
Year 11, year of the Dog (e.g. 2006)
打狗
Dǎgǒu
Takow, Takao or Takau, old name for Kaohsiung [[高雄<Gāoxióng>]] in the southwest of Taiwan
搜狗
Sōugǒu
Sougou (searching dog) search engine, www.sogou.com
海狗
hǎigǒu
fur seal
溜狗
liūgǒu
to take a dog for a walk
热狗
règǒu
hot dog (loanword)
狗仔
gǒuzǎi
paparazzi
狗刨
gǒupáo
dog paddle (swimming style)
狗吠
gǒufèi
bark
狗屁
gǒupì
bullshit
狗屋
gǒuwū
kennel
狗屎
gǒushǐ
canine excrement
狗年
gǒunián
Year of the Dog (e.g. 2006)
狗拳
gǒuquán
Gou Quan - "Dog Fist" - Martial Art
狗日
gǒurì
lit. fucked or spawned by a dog
狗熊
gǒuxióng
black bear

Example Sentences (1)

妈妈，你看那只狗多可爱，眼睛大大的，嘴小小的，我们买回去吧。
Māma, nǐ kàn nà zhī gǒu duō kě'ài, yǎnjing dà dà de, zuǐ xiǎo xiǎo de, wǒmen mǎi huíqù ba.
Mom, look how cute that dog is. Its eyes are big and its mouth is small. Let's buy it and take it home.
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Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
1,280
Word Frequency Rank
447 of 84,292