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勾 meaning in English

gōu

to attract; to arouse

HSK 7-9verb4 strokes

Meaning of 勾

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gōu
  1. to attract
  2. to arouse
  3. to tick
  4. to strike out
  5. to delineate
  6. to collude
  7. variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
Gōu
  1. surname Gou
gòu
  1. used in 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]

勾 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

在zài网wǎng上shàng勾gōu人rén比bǐ在zài街jiē上shàng容róng易yì。
It is easier to hit on people on the Internet than in the street.
孩hái子zi的de新xīn毛máo衣yī上shàng勾gōu了le一yí个gè洞dòng。
The child has picked a hole in his new jumper.
这zhè些xiē音yīn乐yuè勾gōu起qǐ了le我wǒ儿ér时shí的de回huí忆yì。
The music carried me back to my childhood.
他tā用yòng他tā的de迪dí吉jí里lǐ杜dù管guǎn勾gōu引yǐn了le她tā。
He seduced her with his didgeridoo.
在zài这zhè个ge时shí候hòu，体tǐ育yù世shì界jiè应yīng当dāng减jiǎn少shǎo犯fàn罪zuì组zǔ织zhī的de勾gōu结jié。
The sports world should, at this time, eliminate the collusion with criminal organizations.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

勾 gōu · to attract · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 勾.

勾结gōujiéto collude with; to collaborate with
勾画gōuhuàto sketch out; to delineate
勾引gōuyǐnto seduce; to tempt
勾搭gōudato gang up; to fool around with
勾当gòudàngshady business
勾拳gōuquánhook (punch in boxing)
一笔勾销yībǐgōuxiāoto write off at one stroke
勾起gōuqǐto evoke; to induce

Questions about 勾

What does 勾 mean?

勾 (gōu) means "to attract; to arouse" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 勾?

勾 is made of 1 character: 勾 (4 strokes). That is 4 strokes in total.

Is 勾 an HSK word?

Yes. 勾 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

瞧不起Previous in HSK 7-9qiáobuqǐ