gōu = g + ou1
to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
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gòu = g + ou4
see 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]
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How to pronounce 勾

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= g initial

G is for Guy Fawkes.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
+ ou1 final

In front of the outhouse.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
= g initial

G is for Guy Fawkes.

By Matthias • updated 2 months ago
+ ou4 final

In the outhouse’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

勾 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
bāo = b + ao1
archaic variant of 包[bao1]
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mǒu = m + ou3
old variant of 某[mou3]
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= s + Ø1
old variant of 私[si1]
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Characters with 勾 as component

gòu = g + ou4
to construct / to form / to make up / to compose / literary composition / paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
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gòu = g + ou4
variant of 構|构[gou4] / (Tw) (coll.) variant of 夠|够[gou4] / to reach by stretching
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gòu = g + ou4
to buy / to purchase
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Words with 勾

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arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
to collude with / to conspire
to make hanky-panky / to seduce women

Sentences with 勾

勾 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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gōu / gòu

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