(pì gu) - buttocks, bottom, rear in Mandarin

pìgu

Traditional: 屁股

HSK 5

#807 of 5,000 Core 1000

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

，。

He sat all day and his bottom hurts.

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His bottom hurts very much.

，。

Sit properly, don't wiggle your bottom.

摔shuāi。

He bumped his bottom on a fall.

。

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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This word is part of lesson 17.