溝 (kau1 gau1 | gou1) : ditch; groove [粵]mix together; pick up

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溝

kau1 gau1

gou1

[粵] kau1 gau1 [國] gou1
[1] ditch; channel; drain; waterway
[2] furrow; trench; groove; rut
[3] gully; ravine; valley

[粵] kau1
[1] mix together
[2] pick/chat up; cruise (for sexual partner)
[3] (Malaysia and Singapore usage) dollar or ringgit, depending on context e.g. 两溝錢 (S$2 or RM 2), 溝半 (S$1.50 or RM 1.5), 溝三 (S$1.30 or RM 1.30)

Jyutping gau1 is the literary reading; kau1, the colloquial. However, the literary gau1 is mostly confined to TV newsreading nowadays. kau1 is used on almost all the other situations.

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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山溝 saan1 kau1 shan1 gou1 = valley; gulley; ravine

溝通 kau1 tung1 gou1 tong1 = to connect, to exchange; communication

代溝 doi6 kau1 dai4 gou1 = generation gap

溝渠 kau1 keoi4 gou1 qu2 = a narrow waterway, drainage ditch; aqueduct

乳溝 jyu5 kau1 ru3 gou1 = bust cleavage

溝女 kau1 neoi5*2 = pick up chicks 粵

鴻溝 hung4 kau1 hong2 gou1 = a river in Henan province; wide gap or chasm

數碼鴻溝 sou3 maa5 hung4 kau1 = the "digital divide"

壕溝 hou4 kau1 = trench

唔好嘅時候水溝油 m4 hou2 ge3 si4 hau6 seoi2 kau1 jau4 = when not in good relation, (the two are like) oil poured into water 粵
See all 23 compounds (CantoDict reports 24 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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水同油係溝唔埋嘅。粵
Water and oil cannnot be mixed together.

現代嘅女裝恤衫，露出個乳溝、露出個肚臍，都係已經成為常態咗。粵
Today, it is no longer unusual to have tops for ladies which reveal the cleavage or the navel.

溝啲水落去就唔會咁掯喉嘞粵
Add some water into it and it wouldn't taste so overpowering.

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