"苟" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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苟
Trad. 苟
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 艸
Strokes 6
Composition
Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 艹勹口
艹 + 句
Prononciation
Mandarin gǒu
Entry Methods
Pinyin gou3
Kanji /
Cangjie
 TPR
廿心口
Sijiao 4462.7
Wubi AQKF
CNS 11643 1-5348
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+82DF
GB2312 B9B6
BIG5 AD65
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苟 gǒu if / supposing / careless / negligent / temporarily
Results beginning with 苟
苟且 gǒu qiě perfunctory / careless / drifting along / resigned to one's fate / improper (relations) / illicit (sex)
苟同 gǒu tóng to agree blindly
苟合 gǒu hé illicit sexual relations
苟安 gǒu ān see 苟且偷安[gou3 qie3 tou1 an1]
苟存 gǒu cún to drift through life
苟取 gǒu qǔ (literary) to extort / to take as bribe
苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)
苟且偷生 gǒu qiě tōu shēng to drift and live without purpose (idiom) / to drag out an ignoble existence
苟且偷安 gǒu qiě tōu ān seeking only ease and comfort (idiom) / making no attempt to improve oneself / taking things easily without attending to responsibilities
苟富贵，勿相忘 gǒu fù guì , wù xiāng wàng don't forget your friends when you become rich
Approximate Results for 苟
不苟 bù gǒu not lax / not casual / careful / conscientious
魔苟斯 mó gǒu sī Morgoth
一丝不苟 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom) / strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place
不敢苟同 bù gǎn gǒu tóng to beg to differ (idiom)
未敢苟同 wèi gǎn gǒu tóng can't agree with
一笔不苟 yī bǐ bù gǒu lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) / fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly
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