gǒu
careless, if, suppose

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Example Sentences

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1
zuò
shì
cóng
gǒu
qiě

He never does things carelessly.

2
nìng
yuàn
gǒu
huó
fàng

He would rather barely survive than give up.

3
duì
gōng
zuò
gǒu

He is very meticulous about his work.

4
xiě
gǒu
měi
dōu
hěn
gōng
zhěng

He writes with meticulous care, every character is neat and tidy.

5
zhè
wèi
lǎo
shī
gǎi
zuò
gǒu
lián
biāo
diǎn
hào
de
cuò
huì
zhǐ
chū
lái

This teacher grades homework meticulously, even pointing out punctuation errors.

6
zài
zhǔn
bèi
zhè
zhòng
yào
huì
shí
gǒu
jiǎn
chá
le
suǒ
yǒu
jié
què
bǎo
wàn
shī

When preparing for this important meeting, she meticulously checked every detail to ensure nothing went wrong.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes8
StructureTop-Bottom
Frequency#2790
Zhuyinㄍㄡˇ
Components
UnicodeU+82DF
CangjieTPR
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

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