Chinese Notes

勾 gòu

gòu verb to hook; to join; to connect
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '勾' gòu v; Unihan '勾')
gōu verb to entice
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 引起 (Guoyu '勾' v 1; Unihan '勾')
gōu noun a hook
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '勾' n 1)
gōu noun a checkmark
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Marking text as deleted or selected (Guoyu '勾' n 2)
gōu proper noun Gou
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '勾' n 3)
gōu verb to choose
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 选取 (Guoyu '勾' v 2)
gōu verb to cancel
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 取消 (Guoyu '勾' v 3)
gōu verb to secretly collaborate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 勾结 collude (Guoyu '勾' v 4)
gōu verb to portray
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 描绘 (Guoyu '勾' v 5)
gōu verb to stew
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A cooking method (Guoyu '勾' v 6)
gòu adverb enough
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 夠 (Guoyu '勾' gòu adv)

Contained in

互相勾结(互相勾結) to colude together
勾起 to evoke; to induce; to call to mind; to pick up with a hook
勾兑(勾兌) to blend various types of wine (or spirits, or fruit juices etc)
勾肩搭背 arms around each other's shoulders
勾手 to collude with; to collaborate; (basketball) hook shot
一笔勾销(一筆勾銷) to write off at one stroke
越王勾践(越王勾踐) King Gou Jian of Yue
勾销(勾銷) to write off; to cancel
勾缝(勾縫) to point a brick wall; to grout a tiled surface
勾走 to steal (somebody's heart)
左右勾拳 left hook and right hook (boxing); the old one-two
勾划(勾劃) to sketch; to delineate
竖勾(竖勾) a horizontal stroke and a left falling line
配件挂勾(配件掛勾) accessory hook
勾留 to stay; to stop over; to break one's journey
勾连(勾連) to be linked together; to be involved with; to collude; interconnection; involvement; collusion
勾心斗角(勾心鬥角) to fight and scheme against each other; (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
勾出 to delineate; to articulate; to evoke; to draw out; to tick off
官商勾结(官商勾結) collusion between a government official and a private business
勾破 (of something sharp) to snag (one's stockings etc)
勾三搭四 to seduce women
勾结(勾結) to collude with; to conspire
勾串 to collude with; to conspire
里勾外连(裡勾外連) to act from inside in coordination with attackers outside; attacked from both inside and out
拉勾儿(拉勾兒) to cross little fingers (between children) as a promise
勾玉 magatama (Japanese curved beads)
勾芡 to thicken with cornstarch
拉勾 definitely
勾栏(勾欄) a theater; a carved balustrade ; a brothel
打勾 to check; to tick; to buy
勾通 to collude with; to conspire
勾搭 to gang up; to fool around with; to make up to
互相勾结在一起(互相勾結在一起) collude together
勾描 to delineate
直勾勾 (of one's gaze) fixed; staring
勾勒 to draw an outline; to outline; to sketch; to delineate contours; to give a brief account of
勾引 to seduce; to tempt
勾拳 hook (punch in boxing)
勾画(勾畫) to sketch ; to describe in simple terms
勾人 sexy; seductive
勾股定理 Pythagorean theorem
勾当(勾當) shady business

Also contained in

勾践、勾曲山

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