Meaning
to cancel; to delineate; hook; affair; to reach for (with hand)
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “gou” becomes a different word in each tone. 勾 is the 1st 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
- 勾结gōu jiéto collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with
- 勾画gōu huàto sketch out; to delineate
- 勾人gōu rénsexy; seductive
- 勾出gōu chūto delineate; to articulate; to evoke; to draw out
- 勾当gòu dàngshady business
Example Sentence
请把正确的答案勾出来。Qǐng bǎ zhèng què de dá àn gōu chū lái.Please tick the correct answer.
请Qǐngto ask把bǎ(marks the object)正确zhèng quècorrect的deof答案dá ànanswer勾出gōu chūto delineate来láito come。