够

gòu

enough (sufficient)

enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out

sentence (句) + many (多) = enough

多 carries the meaning: when you have many or much of something, you have enough. 句 mainly contributes the gòu sound rather than a semantic story.

句+多→够
句SentencePhonetic
多ManySemantic

桌上的菜够吃吗?

zhuō shang de cài gòu chī ma?

Is the food on the table enough to eat?

他今天够累的,早点让他休息吧。

tā jīn tiān gòu lèi de,zǎo diǎn ràng tā xiū xi ba。

He is really tired today, let him rest early.

Words with 够

够呛

gòu qiàng

unbearable

巴不能够

bā bù néng gòu

avid

不够

bù gòu

not enough

受够

shòu gòu

to have had enough of

够不着

gòu bu zháo

to be unable to reach

够受的

gòu shòu de

to be quite an ordeal; to be hard to bear

够味

gòu wèi

lit. just the right flavor

够得上

gòu de shàng

to be good enough to be regarded as; to meet the standard expected of

够得着

gòu de zháo

to reach (with one's hand etc)

够戗

gòu qiàng

variant of 夠嗆|够呛[gou4 qiang4]

够朋友

gòu péng you

(coll.) to be a true friend

够本

gòu běn

to break even

More characters with 句

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