Meaning
dog
Chinese: 狗这种动物。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “gou” becomes a different word in each tone. 狗 is the 3rd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 狗子gǒu zi(coll.) dog
- 狗年gǒu niánYear of the Dog (e.g. 2006)
- 小狗xiǎo gǒupup; puppy
- 狗日gǒu rìlit. fucked or spawned by a dog; contemptible; lousy, fucking
- 狗门gǒu méndog door; dog flap
Example Sentence
我家养了一只可爱的小狗。Wǒ jiā yǎng le yì zhī kě ài de xiǎo gǒu.My family keeps a cute little dog.
我WǒI家养jiā yǎngdomestic (animals)了le(completed action)一yìone只zhīonly可爱kě àiadorable的deof小狗xiǎo gǒupup。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The animal radical 犭 (a dog on its side) plus 句 (sound): the animal ‘dog’.
A way to remember it
The dog radical 犭 + a sound — a dog.
Easy to confuse with
- 猫‘Cat’: the same animal radical 犭, but with 苗 as the sound.