顧 (gu3 | gu4) : look at; look after; visit; customer

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顧

gu3

gu4

[1] [v] look at; look around; look behind
[2] [v] look after; attend to; take into consideration
[3] [v] visit; call on; patronize
[4] [n] customer; patron; client
[5] [n] a Chinese family name

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 21

Level: 1

Radical: (#181)

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

顧 / 顾

This word has been viewed 10589 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Apr 2012 11:57

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兼顧 gim1 gu3 jian1 gu4 = take account of two or more things

顧住 gu3 zyu6 = take care; keep thinking about 粵

照顧 ziu3 gu3 zhao4 gu5 = to look after; to care for; to consider

不顧 bat1 gu3 bu4*2 gu4 = regardless

只顧 zi2 gu3 zhi3 gu4 = focused on (sth.)

顧問 gu3 man6 gu4 wen4 = adviser, consultant

顧客 gu3 haak3 gu4 ke4 = client, customer

顧及 gu3 kap6 gu4 ji2 = take into account, take into consideration

光顧 gwong1 gu3 guang1 gu4 = patronage; patronize

顧家 gu3 gaa1 = to take care of one's family
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Showing all 3 examples containing 顧

我近排好忙﹐冇時間照顧仔女。粵
I'm too busy these days to have time to take care of my children.
[The English phrase "too busy to have time" becomes "too busy and have no time" in Cantonese.]

對待顧客要有禮貌
be polite to customers

“自學”，顧名思義，就是不在學校學，也沒有老師指點，全靠自己學習。
As the name implies, "Self-study" does not involve going to school where teachers are there to teach and guide; one learns on his own.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 顧
Unicode code for this character: U+9867 (off-site link)

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