HSK 4 · Verbs

够 gòu “enough” in Chinese

Traditional 夠

What 够 means

  1. enough
  2. sufficient
  3. to reach
  4. enough (sufficient)
  5. enough (too much)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (coll.) (before adj.) really
  • (coll.) to reach by stretching out

How to say 够

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale够gòu4th tone, falling

够 in a sentence

  1. 你的钱够吗？

    Nǐ de qián gòu ma?

    Do you have enough money?

    Sentence #1490467 from Tatoeba

  2. 我们的椅子够吗？

    Wǒmen de yǐzi gòu ma?

    Do we have enough chairs?

    Sentence #6635900 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 你吃够了吗？

    Nǐ chī gòu le ma?

    Have you had enough to eat?

    Sentence #10335138 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 够 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 够 (gòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
够gòuenough
  • 句sentence · jùSound part
  • 多much · duōMeaning part

多 hints at the meaning (much); 句 (jù) hints at the sound. Compare it with gòu.

How to write 够

够 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

够 (gòu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 够 (gòu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 够

Words with 够

能够nénggòu · to be able to

More words: Common Verbs

复印fùyìn · to photocopy改变gǎibiàn · to change赶gǎn · to hurry购物gòuwù · shopping估计gūjì · to estimate鼓励gǔlì · to encourage挂guà · to hang (on a hook or wall)广播guǎngbō · broadcast

FAQs

够 (gòu) means “enough” or “sufficient”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it gòu: gòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 够 is written 夠. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 够 from the suggestions. Typing gou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
够 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.