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股
Mandarin · pinyin gǔ
Meanings
- thigh
- part of a whole; portion of a sum
- (finance) stock; share
- strand of a thread
- low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科 kē
- classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc
- classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff
- classifier for bands of people, gangs etc
- classifier for sudden forceful actions
Characters in this entry
- 股
- gǔ · thighs, haunches, rump; share
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Mandarin tones
3 · gu3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gu2
Cantonese word readings for 股. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- thigh; haunches
- (historical, geometry) longer leg of a non-isosceles right triangle
- lowest-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "subsection", ranked below 科 (kē)
- ply (of a strand or rope)
- share; proportion
- (finance) share; stock (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
- Classifier for shares in a company.
- Classifier for air, smoke, smells or scent.
- Classifier for strength, forces.
- (often derogatory) Classifier for groups of people.
- Classifier for long winding things like hair, ropes, roadway, streams, etc.
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