谷 gǔ

1. gǔ noun valley; gorge; ravine
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
   Notes: Traditional: 谷 (Guoyu '谷' n 1; Unihan '谷')
2. gǔ noun grain; corn
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Food and Drink , Concept: Grains 粮食
   Notes: Traditional: 穀; in the sense of 糧食 (Guoyu '穀' n 1; Sun 2006， loc. 1475; Unihan '穀')
3. gǔ proper noun Gu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names
   Notes: Traditional: 穀 (Guoyu '穀' n 3)
4. gǔ noun Kangxi radical 150
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Valley (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '谷' n 4)
5. gǔ adjective virtuous
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 穀; in the sense of 美善的 (Guoyu '穀' adj)
6. gǔ noun an official's salary
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 穀; in the sense of 俸禄 (Guoyu '穀' n 2)
7. gǔ verb to bring up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 穀; in the sense of 养育 (Guoyu '穀' v 1)
8. gǔ verb to survive; to grow up
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 穀; in the sense of 生存 or 生长 (Guoyu '穀' v 2)
9. gǔ noun poverty
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 谷; in the sense of 穷困 (Guoyu '谷' n 2)
10. yù proper noun Tuyuhun people
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 谷; Same as 吐谷浑 (Guoyu '谷' yù)

Contained in

• 昧谷 Meigu
• 谷类(穀類) cereal; grain
• 梵谷 Vincent Van Gogh
• 峡谷(峽谷) canyon; ravine
• 陈谷子烂芝麻(陳谷子爛芝麻) stale grain, overcooked sesame; the same boring old gossip
• 双龙大裂谷(雙龍大裂谷) Shuanglong ravine in Mt Xiong'er national geological park
• 贝卡谷地(貝卡谷地) Bekaa Valley between Lebanon and Syria
• 打谷场(打穀場) threshing floor
• 布谷鸟(布谷鳥) cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)
• 谷神(穀神) Harvest God
• 马尔谷(馬爾谷) Mark / St Mark the evangelist
• 米谷(米穀) rice and other grains
• 禾谷(禾穀) cereal; food grain
• 御谷(禦谷) pearl millet
• 乞师取谷(乞師取穀) requested soldiers to invade [the Qi territory] of Gu
• 谷草(穀草) straw
• 谷氨酸钠(穀氨酸鈉) monosodium glutamate (MSG) (E621)
• 裂谷热病毒(裂谷熱病毒) Rift Valley fever virus
• 催谷 to boost; to propel
• 谷积(穀積) stores of grain
• 日比谷公园(日比谷公園) Hibiya Park in central Tokyo
• 谷穗(穀穗) ear of grain; gerbe (used on coats of arms)
• 斯瓦特谷地 Swat valley in Pakistani Northwest Frontier
• 进退维谷(進退維谷) no room to advance or to retreat; without any way out of a dilemma; trapped; in an impossible situation
• 积谷仓(積穀倉) granary; a grain store
• 积谷防饥(積穀防饑) storing grain against a famine; to lay something by for a rainy day
• 川谷(川穀) Job's tears [plant] ; rivers and valleys
• 溪谷 valley; gorge
• 辟谷(辟穀) to abstain from eating cereals (Taoist practice); to fast
• 五谷(五穀) the five grains
• 空谷足音 the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley; something hard to come by; something wonderful and rare
• 河谷 a river valley

Also contained in

鬼谷子 、 府谷 、 大谷大学 、 曾孝谷 、 麻谷 、 阳谷 、 龙谷大学 、 景谷 、 麻谷宝彻 、 甘谷 、 麻谷寺 、 暾欲谷 、 山谷市 、 硅谷 、 栗谷 、 谷城 、 春秋谷梁传 、 谷歌 、 杂谷脑镇

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Truncated for common words

• 卷四十二 志第十八 地理三 Volume 42 Treatises 18: Geography 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 47
• 卷八十三　志第三十三: 　選舉三 Volume 83 Treatises 36: Selection of Officials 3 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 40
• 卷一百六十九 列傳第五十七 高穀 胡濙 王直 Volume 169 Biographies 57: Gao Gu, Hu Ying, Wang Zhi History of Ming 明史 — count: 24
• 卷106上 地形志二上 Volume 106a Treatise 2: Terrain 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 21
• 卷四 Scroll 4 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 19
• 卷八十七 西羌傳 Volume 87: Treatise on the Western Qiang Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 19
• 卷九十六下 西域傳 Volume 96b: Traditions of the Western Regions 2 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 19
• 卷二十 Scroll 20 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 19
• 卷二百九十一 列傳第五十 吳育 宋綬 李若谷 王博文 王鬷 Volume 291 Biographies 50: Wu Yu, Song Shou, Li Ruogu, Wang Bowen, Wang Zong History of Song 宋史 — count: 19
• 卷八十二　志第三十二: 　選舉二 Volume 82 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 19

Collocations

• 谷风 (谷風) 谷風 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧谷風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Gu Feng — count: 21
• 阳谷 (陽谷) 黃人會于陽穀 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 17
• 谷宜 (谷宜) 其穀宜稻 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 夏官司馬 第四 4. Offices of Summer and Minister of War — count: 9
• 取谷 (取谷) 取穀 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 8
• 中谷 (中谷) 施于中谷 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧葛覃 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Ge Tan — count: 8
• 习习谷 (習習谷) 習習谷風 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧谷風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Gu Feng — count: 7
• 宰谷 (宰谷) 右宰穀從而逃歸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 6
• 颊谷 (頰谷) 公會齊侯于頰穀 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 6
• 谷曰 (谷曰) 右宰穀曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 九谷 (九谷) 生九穀 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 天官冢宰 第一 1. Office of the Heaven and Prime Minister — count: 5