勾

To attract in Chinese: 勾 (gōu)

gōu

to attract

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to attract
  2. 2to arouse
  3. 3to tick
  4. 4to strike out
  5. 5to delineate
  6. 6to collude
  7. 7variant of 钩, hook

Stroke order

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勾

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄡ

gōu

ㄍ/ gㄡ/ ou—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 这首老歌勾起了我的回忆。

    zhè shǒu lǎo gē gōu qǐ le wǒ de huí yì。

    This old song brought back my memories.

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Related words

勾画

gōu huà

to sketch out

勾结

gōu jié

to collude with

钩

gōu

to hook

钩子

gōu zi

hook

构思

gòu sī

to design

构想

gòu xiǎng

to conceive

购

gòu

to buy

够呛

gòu qiàng

unbearable

估算

gū suàn

assessment

孤立

gū lì

isolated

孤零零

gū líng líng

lone

孤陋寡闻

gū lòu guǎ wén

ignorant and inexperienced

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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