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狗

gǒu

HSK 2 · word 687 of 3,000

Meaning

Measure word

只 zhī or 条 tiáo

Example sentence

我害怕狗。

wǒ hài pà gǒu

I am afraid of dogs.

The character 狗

狗 carries 犭, the dog radical, which also runs down the left of 猫 and most other animals. 小狗 a puppy, 热狗 a hot dog — and a fair amount of blunt slang.

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