(pì gu) - buttocks, bottom, rear in Mandarin
pìguTraditional: 屁股
HSK 5
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Translation
buttocks, bottom, rear
Word origin
屁股 (pì gu) combines 屁 (pì), itself 尸 (the seated-body radical) over 比 marking the sound, with 股 (gǔ), 'thigh', written with the flesh radical 月. The compound is the everyday word for the buttocks or bottom.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 屁 (pì, 尸 body radical + 比 phonetic) + 股 (gǔ, thigh)
Stroke order
屁
股
Examples
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He sat all day and his bottom hurts.
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His bottom hurts very much.
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Sit properly, don't wiggle your bottom.
摔。
He bumped his bottom on a fall.
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The baby's bottom is very cute.
屁股 (pì gu) means buttocks, bottom, rear. It is used as a noun in everyday Mandarin speech.
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