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夠

简够 · 繁夠

Mandarin · pinyin gòu

enough (sufficient)
enough (too much)
(coll.) (before adj.) really
(coll.) to reach by stretching out

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够: gòu · enough, adequate

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gau3

Cantonese word readings for 夠. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

to be enough; to be sufficient; to reach or achieve a desired level
to reach
to have enough of something; to have a sufficient amount of something
(with negative connotations) quite; impressively
(Cantonese) also
(Hakka) serious; hardworking
(Hakka) arrogant
(Teochew) whole; entire

character · Etymology 2

(Cantonese) alternative form of 疚 (“tired”)

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