(gòu) - enough, sufficient; to reach in Mandarin

gòu

Traditional: 夠

HSK 4

#498 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

enough, sufficient; to reach

Word origin

A phono-semantic compound: the 多 'many' element gives the sense of sufficiency, and 句 (gou) supplies the sound. The character means 'enough, sufficient'.

Origin: phono-semantic compound
Root: 多 ('many') + 句 (gou, phonetic)

Stroke order

够

Examples

？

Is this enough?

？

Is there enough money?

。

I have had enough to eat.

？

Is there enough time?

，。

I do not have enough money, I need to borrow some.

够 (gòu) - enough, sufficient; to reach.

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Appears in 3 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 够.

能够néng gòuto be able to, can, to manage to 不够bú gòunot enough, insufficient 足够zú gòuenough, sufficient

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This word is part of lesson 10.