顾 meaning in English

gù

to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to

HSK 6verbTraditional 顧10 strokes

Meaning of 顾

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

gù

to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to

Gù

surname Gu

How to use 顾

顾 (gù) rarely stands alone in modern speech. It mostly appears in compounds like 照顾 (zhàogù), 顾客 (gùkè) and 回顾 (huígù). Example: 她在家照顾妈妈。(Tā zài jiā zhàogù māma.) She looks after her mother at home.

The right side of 顾 is 页 (yè), which originally pictured a head. Picture someone turning their head to look back and check on the people they look after.

Common mistake: Learners often mix up 顾 (gù) with 故 (gù, reason, former) because they sound identical, writing 故客 instead of 顾客. Remember that 顾 has the head component 页, linked to looking and caring.

顾 in example sentences

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

爸bà爸bà死sǐ后hòu，他tā就jiù开kāi始shǐ照zhào顾gù妈mā妈mā。

He cared for his mother after his father died.

我wǒ们men要yào照zhào顾gù我wǒ们men的de父fù母mǔ。

We have to look after our parents.

我wǒ不bù得de不bù照zhào顾gù小xiǎo孩hái们men。

I had to look after the children.

她tā让ràng我wǒ母mǔ亲qīn照zhào顾gù孩hái子zi。

She had my mother take care of the baby.

孩hái子zi们men被bèi照zhào顾gù得de很hěn好hǎo。

The children were well looked after.

Stroke order for each character

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顾 gù · to look after · 10 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 顾.

照顾	zhàogù	to take care of; to show consideration
顾客	gùkè	customer; client
顾问	gùwèn	adviser; consultant
不顾	bùgù	in spite of; regardless of
回顾	huígù	to look back; to review
只顾	zhǐgù	to focus solely on; to pay attention only to; to be preoccupied with
光顾	guānggù	to visit (as a customer)
顾虑	gùlǜ	misgivings; apprehensions; to worry about; to be concerned about
顾及	gùjí	to take into consideration; to attend to
兼顾	jiāngù	to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time; to balance (career and family, or
后顾之忧	hòugùzhīyōu	fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worr
顾不得	gùbu dé	unable to change sth; unable to deal with

Questions about 顾

What does 顾 mean?

顾 (gù) means "to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 顾?

顾 is made of 1 character: 顾 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 顾 an HSK word?

Yes. 顾 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 顾 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 顾 is written 顧.

What is the difference between 不顾 and 只顾?

不顾 (bùgù) means to ignore or disregard something, as in 不顾危险 (bùgù wēixiǎn), regardless of the danger. 只顾 (zhǐgù) means to focus only on one thing and neglect others, as in 只顾玩 (zhǐgù wán), only thinking about playing.

Is 顾 used as a surname?

Yes, 顾 (Gù) is a fairly common Chinese surname. When used as a surname it is written with a capital G in pinyin, for example 顾先生 (Gù xiānsheng), Mr. Gu.