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苟

  • gǒu (gou³) Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄍㄡˇ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • gou⁴ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • gou³ Mandarin, Chengdu, Sichuanese
  • gau² Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
  • geu² Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
  • kiéu Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • gêu³ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
  • gě Min Bei, 建寧羅馬字
  • gēu Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
  • kió Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • kó͘ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • gou² Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁵keu Wu, Wugniu, Northern
  • ³keu Wu, Wugniu, Northern
  • ³koe Wu, Wugniu, Northern
  • ¹keu Wu, Wugniu, Northern
  • ³kei Wu, Wugniu, Northern
  • ³ke Wu, Wugniu, Northern
  • ³kieu Wu, Wugniu, 金華話
  • gǒu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • gǒu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • kou³ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • gǒu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • goou Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • гоу Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /koʊ̯²¹⁴/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA

Where it comes from

形聲漢字（上古 *koːʔ）：意符 艹 + 聲符 句 (上古 *koː, *koːs, *kos, *ɡo) – 一種草，原義。

釋義 芶 · 𠷜 · 𦯗 · 𦴆 · 𦴳

  1. 隨便，粗心，草率 一絲不苟
  2. 姑且，暫時 苟同
  3. 暫定，暫且 苟全性命於亂世，不求聞達於諸侯。
  4. literary 如果，假如；只要 苟能充之，足以保四海；苟不充之，不足以事父母。
  5. 在標準漢語中已棄用 一種草
  6. 姓氏

Similar: 若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使, 如果, 若果, 果若, 假如, 假若, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令

Thesaurus

釋義

Similar: 若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使, 如果, 若果, 果若, 假如, 假若, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {苟},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E8%8B%9F},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}