苟 gǒu
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gǒu
adjective
illicit
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '苟') -
gǒu
verb
be careless of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 苟 is a full verb in this sense (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 152; CC-CEDICT '苟'; Guoyu '苟' adj; Unihan '苟') -
gǒu
conjunction
if
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 苟 is a subordinating sense (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 152; CC-CEDICT '苟'; Guoyu '苟' conj 1; Unihan '苟'). For example, 苟為善，後世子孫必有王者矣。'If you do good, among your descendants, in after generations, there shall be one who will attain to the royal dignity.' (Mengzi: 2.14/12/26, translation by Legge). -
gǒu
noun
a kind of grass
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '苟') -
gǒu
proper noun
Gou
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '苟' n 1; Unihan '苟') -
gǒu
adverb
provisionally
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 姑且 (Guoyu '苟' adv) -
gǒu
conjunction
so; thus
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 乃 or 才 (Guoyu '苟' conj 2) -
gǒu
noun
a kind of grass
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Japanese: kou, or: ku (BCSD '苟', p. 1009; Unihan '苟')
Contained in
- 宁持戒而舍生命，不破戒法而苟活(寧持戒而捨生命，不破戒法而苟活) who would rather give their lives to keep the precepts than to live an ignoble life by breaking them
Also contained in
苟同 、 苟非 、 一笔不苟 、 苟全 、 苟且 、 不苟且 、 苟得 、 苟取 、 临难苟免 、 不敢苟同 、 苟合 、 苟富贵，勿相忘 、 苟且偷生 、 苟存 、 苟且偷安 、 苟全性命 、 苟延残喘 、 未敢苟同 、 一丝不苟 、 不苟
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 5 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 22
- Scroll 15 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 22
- Scroll 1 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 15
- Scroll 9 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 13
- Scroll 1 Treasured Instructions of Chan Temples (Chanlin Baoxun) 禪林寶訓 — count: 13
- Scroll 3 Treasured Instructions of Chan Temples (Chanlin Baoxun) 禪林寶訓 — count: 12
- Scroll 18 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 12 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Great Peahen Queen of Spells (Mahāmāyūrividyārājñī) 孔雀王呪經 — count: 12
- Scroll 8 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 12
- Scroll 6 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 12
Collocations
- 苟能 (苟能) 苟能成辦 — Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經, Scroll 6 — count: 15
- 苟欲 (苟欲) 苟欲得者 — Sutra on the Wise and Foolish (Damamūka) 賢愚經, Scroll 8 — count: 12
- 苟执 (苟執) 若苟執不從 — Samantapāsādikā (Shan Jian Lu Pi Po Sha) 善見律毘婆沙, Scroll 8 — count: 8
- 苟贪 (苟貪) 無苟貪困黎庶 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 4 — count: 6
- 苟反 (苟反) 郎苟反 — Buddhanāmasahasrapañcaśatacatustripañcadaśa (Wu Qian Wu Bai Fo Ming Shen Zhou Chu Zhang Mie Zui Jing) 五千五百佛名神呪除障滅罪經, Scroll 3 — count: 5
- 苟多 (苟多) 者利苟多夜叉住摩羅婆國 — Great Peahen Queen of Spells (Mahāmāyūrividyārājñī) 孔雀王呪經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 苟生 (苟生) 苟生無恥 — Fa Ju JIng (Dharmapada) 法句經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
- 苟杞 (苟杞) 苟杞 — He Bu Jin Guangming Jing 合部金光明經, Scroll 6 — count: 3
- 苟言 (苟言) 不得苟言非 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
- 苟见 (苟見) 苟見邪 — Sutra on the Four Articles of Self-Injury (Fo Shuo Si Zi Qin Jing) 佛說四自侵經, Scroll 1 — count: 2