Chinese words starting with “gou”
18 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable gou. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first.
Initial g · final ou · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 7
- 3rd tone 1
- 4th tone 10
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
All 18 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 狗 | gǒu | n | dog | |
| 2 | 够 | gòu | v,d | enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out | |
| 3 | 购物 | gòu wù | v,vn | shopping | |
| 4 | 购买 | gòu mǎi | v,vn | to purchase; to buy | |
| 5 | 沟通 | gōu tōng | v,vn | to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate | |
| 6 | 购 | gòu | g,v | to buy; to purchase | |
| 7 | 构成 | gòu chéng | v,n,vn | to constitute; to form; to compose; to make up; to configure (computing) | |
| 8 | 钩 | gōu | n,v | to hook; to sew; to crochet; hook; check mark or tick; window catch | |
| 9 | 勾 | gōu | v | to attract; to arouse; to tick; to strike out; to delineate; to collude; variant of 钩, hook | |
| 10 | 沟 | gōu | n | ditch; gutter; groove; gully; ravine | |
| 11 | 构造 | gòu zào | n,v,vn | structure; composition; tectonic (geology) | |
| 12 | 构思 | gòu sī | v,vn | to design; to plot; to plan out; to compose; to draw a mental sketch; conception; plan; idea; composition | |
| 13 | 钩子 | gōu zi | n | hook | |
| 14 | 构建 | gòu jiàn | v,vn | to construct (sth abstract) | |
| 15 | 构想 | gòu xiǎng | vn,v,n | to conceive; concept | |
| 16 | 勾结 | gōu jié | v | to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with | |
| 17 | 够呛 | gòu qiàng | v | unbearable; terrible; enough; unlikely | |
| 18 | 勾画 | gōu huà | v | to sketch out; to delineate |
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