沽 (gu1 | gu1) : sell

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沽

gu1

gu1

[1] sell
[2] buy; purchase; seek

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

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

沽

This word has been viewed 3157 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 17th Sep 2009 01:35

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現沽單 jin6 gu1 daan1 = cash memo

沽盤 gu1 pun4*2 = the selling party (of a contract, etc.); seller (賣方)

獨沽一味 duk6 gu1 jat1 mei6*2 = concentrating on the one and the same thing 粵

零沽 ling4 gu1 ling2 gu1 = sell retail 粵

沽源 gu1 jyun4 gu1 yuan2 = Guyuan (place in Hebei)

漢沽區 hon3 gu1 keoi1 han4 gu1 qu1 = Hangu (area in Tianjin)

塘沽區 tong4 gu1 keoi1 tang2 gu1 qu1 = Tanggu (area in Tianjin)

沽空 gu1 hung1 = short-selling

Showing 1 example containing 沽

隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.

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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: 沽
Unicode code for this character: U+6cbd (off-site link)

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