谷
gǔ
Pinyin

Definition

谷
 - 
gǔ
  1. grain
  2. corn
谷
 - 
gǔ
  1. valley
谷
 - 
Gǔ
  1. surname Gu

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

谷
gǔ
  1. 1 grain
  2. 2 corn
谷歌
Gǔ gē
  1. 1 variant of 谷歌[Gǔ gē]
谷子
gǔ zi
  1. 1 millet
谷物
gǔ wù
  1. 1 cereal
  2. 2 grain
谷雨
Gǔ yǔ
  1. 1 Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th April-4th May
谷类
gǔ lèi
  1. 1 cereal
  2. 2 grain
五谷
wǔ gǔ
  1. 1 five crops, e.g. millet 粟[sù], soybean 豆[dòu], sesame 麻[má], barley 麥|麦[mài], rice 稻[dào] or other variants
  2. 2 all crops
  3. 3 all grains
  4. 4 oats, peas, beans and barley
包谷
bāo gǔ
  1. 1 (dialect) maize
  2. 2 corn
  3. 3 also written 苞穀|苞谷[bāo gǔ]
布谷
bù gǔ
  1. 1 cuckoo
打谷场
dǎ gǔ cháng
  1. 1 threshing floor
浪谷
làng gǔ
  1. 1 trough of a wave
  2. 2 (fig.) low point
  3. 3 lowest level
禾谷
hé gǔ
  1. 1 cereal
  2. 2 food grain
稻谷
dào gǔ
  1. 1 rice crops
谷仓
gǔ cāng
  1. 1 barn
谷壳
gǔ ké
  1. 1 husk of grain
  2. 2 grain and chaff
谷穗
gǔ suì
  1. 1 ear of grain
  2. 2 gerbe (used on coats of arms)
谷粒
gǔ lì
  1. 1 grain (of cereal)
谷糠
gǔ kāng
  1. 1 grain chaff
苞谷
bāo gǔ
  1. 1 variant of 包穀|包谷[bāo gǔ]
辟谷
pì gǔ
  1. 1 to abstain from eating cereals (Taoist practice)
  2. 2 to fast

Idioms (1)

四体不勤，五谷不分
sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn
  1. 1 never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite

Sample Sentences

目前，中国是最大的水稻和小麦生产国。水稻、小麦、玉米三大谷物自给率超过95%。
mùqián ，Zhōngguó shì zuìdà de shuǐdào hé xiǎomài shēngchǎnguó 。shuǐdào 、xiǎomài 、yùmǐ sāndà gǔwù zìjǐlǜ chāoguò 。
Currently, China is the largest producer of rice and wheat. The self-sufficiency rate of rice, wheat and corn is over 95%.
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对，其实，鸡蛋、豆类、谷物…我也不太好消化。
duì ，qíshí ，jīdàn 、dòulèi 、gǔwù …wǒ yě bùtàihǎo xiāohuà 。
That’s right, and in fact I also cannot digest eggs, beans and cereals very well.
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