勾 [－]

Jyutping ngau1
Pinyin gōu

Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to hook/to sew/to crochet/hook/barb/check mark or tick/window catch/to join/to connect/to entice/a type of stroke with a hook/the base of a right triangle/to strike out/to cancel/to paint/to be reminded of something in the past/to seduce/to solicit/to thicken (soup / gravy etc)/to grasp/to get hold of/(a) year (of someone's age)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    用筆​畫出​鈎​形​等​符號​，​表示​描繪​，​亦​表示​對​字句​嘅​刪​除
    use a pen to draw a hook like stroke; to sketch; to cross out some words
    • 勾勒、勾畫
      勾勒、勾画
      to draw the outline; to sketch
    • 一筆勾銷
      一笔勾销
      to cross out the whole thing by one stroke
  2. 動詞
    誘使​人誤​人​歧途​，​做​不道德​的​事​或​建立​婚外​關​係
    to attract someone leave the normal path, to do something immoral, or to build a relationship outside the marriage
    • 勾搭、勾引
      勾搭、勾引
      to seduce; to lure; to entice
    • 勾人老公
      勾人老公
      to seduce somebody's husband
    • 勾魂攝魄
      勾魂摄魄
      to entice the soul and attract away the spirit
  3. 動詞
    產生​抽象​嘅​關​聯
    to correlate in a abstract meaning
    • 勾起(記憶)
      勾起(记忆)
      to recall (a memory)
    • 勾連、勾結、勾當
      勾连、勾结、勾当
      to collude with; to collaborate with; to gang up with
  4. 量詞、俚語
    表示​20​-​90​當中​十​嘅​倍​數​嘅​歲​數
    to express one's age in multiples of 10, ranging from 20 to 90
    • 你出年都成四十勾啦，仲後生咩。
      你出年都成四十勾啦，仲后生咩。
      nei5 ceot1 nin2 dou1 seng4 sei3 sap6 ngau1 laa1, zung6 hau6 saang1 me1.
      You're turning 40 next year, not young anymore.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    to bend; to curve; to crook; to hook
  2. character, in-compounds, literary
    to get; to call; to summon
  3. character
    to cut off or cut out; to strike out; to cross out
  4. character
    to draw; to delineate
  5. character
    to tick; to mark; to tick off
  6. character, historical
    shorter leg of a right triangle
  7. character
    numeral nine (used in radio communications in aviation and by the military)
  8. character
    a surname
  9. character, in-compounds, literary
    to catch; to arrest
  10. character
    to smear; to apply
    (syn.) 涂抹, 塗抹
  11. character, in-compounds, literary
    to collude; to conspire
  12. character
    to entice; to induce; to attract
  13. character, in-compounds, literary
    to mix thoroughly to make something thicken
    (syn.) 調製, 调制
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. hook, join, connect
  2. entice
  3. Cangjie Input
    PI
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 勾引
  2. 引誘 – 引诱
  3. 招引
  4. 歲 – 岁
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #1392
  2. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #290

勾 [－]

Jyutping ngau1
Pinyin gòu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. see 勾當|勾当[gou4 dang4]
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    trap; trick

勾 [－]

Jyutping gau1
Pinyin gōu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to attract
  2. to arouse
  3. to tick
  4. to strike out
  5. to delineate
  6. to collude
  7. variant of 鉤|钩[gou1], hook
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to hook/to sew/to crochet/hook/barb/check mark or tick/window catch/to join/to connect/to entice/a type of stroke with a hook/the base of a right triangle/to strike out/to cancel/to paint/to be reminded of something in the past/to seduce/to solicit/to thicken (soup / gravy etc)/to grasp/to get hold of/(a) year (of someone's age)

勾 [－]

Jyutping au1
Pinyin gōu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. surname Gou
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to hook/to sew/to crochet/hook/barb/check mark or tick/window catch/to join/to connect/to entice/a type of stroke with a hook/the base of a right triangle/to strike out/to cancel/to paint/to be reminded of something in the past/to seduce/to solicit/to thicken (soup / gravy etc)/to grasp/to get hold of/(a) year (of someone's age)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    这些音乐勾起了我儿时的回忆。
    這些音樂勾起了我兒時的回憶。
    zhè xiē yīn yuè gōu qǐ le wǒ ér shí de huí yì 。
    • The music carried me back to my childhood.
  2. Mandarin
    这首歌勾起了我童年的回忆。
    這首歌勾起了我童年的回憶。
    zhè shǒu gē gōu qǐ le wǒ tóng nián de huí yì 。
    • This song reminds me of my childhood.
  3. Mandarin
    那首歌总是勾起我中学时代的回忆。
    那首歌總是勾起我中學時代的回憶。
    nà shǒu gē zǒng shì gōu qǐ wǒ zhōng xué shí dài de huí yì 。
    • Every time I hear that song, I think of my high school days.
  4. Mandarin
    在网上勾人比在街上容易。
    在網上勾人比在街上容易。
    zài wǎng shàng gōu rén bǐ zài jiē shang róng yì 。
    • It is easier to hit on people on the Internet than in the street.
  5. Mandarin
    他用他的迪吉里杜管勾引了她。
    他用他的迪吉里杜管勾引了她。
    tā yòng tā de dí jí lǐ dù guǎn gōu yǐn le tā 。
    • He seduced her with his didgeridoo.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    由于港元同美元挂勾，港元利率将紧贴美元利率。
    由於港元同美元掛勾，港元利率將緊貼美元利率。
    jau4 jyu1 gong2 jyun4 tung4 mei5 jyun4 gwaa3 ngau1, gong2 jyun4 lei6 leot2 zoeng1 gan2 tip3 mei5 jyun4 lei6 leot2.
    • Hong Kong's interest rates closely track those in the United States because of the territory's currency peg to the US dollar.
  2. Cantonese
    我部电话可能俾人勾咗线。
    我部電話可能俾人勾咗線。
    ngo5 bou6 din6 waa2 ho2 nang4 bei2 jan4 ngau1 zo2 sin3.
    • My phone might have been tapped.
  3. Cantonese
    官商勾结
    官商勾結
    gun1 soeng1 ngau1 git3
    • official-merchant collusion
    • businessmen colluding with officials
  4. Cantonese
    勾魂摄魄
    勾魂攝魄
    ngau1 wan4 sip3 paak3
    • to hook the soul and suck away the spirit
  5. Cantonese
    个勾唔够力㗎，唔好挂件大褛上去。
    個勾唔夠力㗎，唔好掛件大褸上去。
    go3 ngau1 m4 gau3 lik6 gaa3, m4 hou2 gwaa3 gin6 daai6 lau1 soeng5 heoi3.
    • Don't hang an overcoat—the hook can't hold it.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    勾股定理
    勾股定理
    gōu gǔ dìng lǐ
    • Pythagoras' theorem
  2. Mandarin
    社会主义国家内部的反动派同帝国主义者互相勾结，利用人民内部的矛盾，挑拨离间，兴风作浪，企图实现他们的阴谋。
    社會主義國家內部的反動派同帝國主義者互相勾結，利用人民內部的矛盾，挑撥離間，興風作浪，企圖實現他們的陰謀。
    shè huì zhǔ yì guó jiā nèi bù de fǎn dòng pài tóng dì guó zhǔ yì zhě hù xiāng gōu jié ， lì yòng rén mín nèi bù de máo dùn ， tiǎo bō lí jiàn ， xīng fēng zuò làng ， qǐ tú shí xiàn tā men de yīn móu ．
    • It was a case of the reactionaries inside a socialist country, in league with the imperialists, attempting to achieve their conspiratorial aims by taking advantage of contradictions among the people to foment dissension and stir up disorder.
  3. Mandarin
    近年来，一些外国和境外势力公然干预香港事务，通过立法、行政、非政府组织等多种方式进行插手和捣乱，与香港反中乱港势力勾连合流、沆瀣一气
    近年來，一些外國和境外勢力公然干預香港事務，通過立法、行政、非政府組織等多種方式進行插手和搗亂，與香港反中亂港勢力勾連合流、沆瀣一氣
    jìn nián lái ， yī xiē wài guó hé jìng wài shì lì gōng rán gān yù xiāng gǎng shì wù ， tōng guò lì fǎ ， xíng zhèng ， fēi zhèng fǔ zǔ zhī děng duō zhǒng fāng shì jìn xíng chā shǒu hé dǎo luàn ， yǔ xiāng gǎng fǎn zhōng luàn gǎng shì lì gōu lián hé liú ， hàng xiè yī qì
    • Moreover in recent years, certain foreign or external forces have flagrantly interfered in Hong Kong's affairs. They have made intervention and created disturbances in various ways, such as by legislative and administrative means and through non-governmental organizations. In collusion with those anti-China Hong Kong disputers, these same forces colluded with them in disruption […]
  4. Mandarin
    农民的权力在乡间初涨起来的时候，县知事和土豪劣绅是勾结一起共同对付农民的。
    農民的權力在鄉間初漲起來的時候，縣知事和土豪劣紳是勾結一起共同對付農民的。
    nóng mín de quán lì zài xiāng jiān chū zhǎng qǐ lái de shí hou ， xiàn zhī shì hé tǔ háo liè shēn shì gōu jié yī qǐ gòng tóng duì fu nóng mín de ．
    • When the power of the peasants was just beginning to make itself felt in the countryside, the magistrate worked in league with the local tyrants and evil gentry against the peasants.