狗 (gǒu) — dog

狗 (gǒu)

A dog. 狗 is the standard word for a domestic dog. The character contains the animal radical 犭 (a variant of 犬, meaning "dog"), which appears in many animal-related characters.

Meanings

1. [noun] Dog. The common domestic canine animal kept as a pet or working animal.

Example Sentences

他家有两只狗。 Tā jiā yǒu liǎng zhī gǒu. His family has two dogs.

这只狗叫什么名字？ Zhè zhī gǒu jiào shénme míngzi? What is this dog's name?

那只狗很大。 Nà zhī gǒu hěn dà. That dog is very large.

狗是人类的好朋友。 Gǒu shì rénlèi de hǎo péngyou. Dogs are man's best friend.

Collocations

Memory Hook

The character 狗 has the animal radical 犭 on the left, which is a compressed form of the character 犬 (quǎn, meaning "dog"). Both 狗 and 犬 mean dog, but 狗 is used in everyday speech while 犬 appears more in formal or literary contexts.