顾 gù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
顾名思义
gùmíngsīyì
as the name implies; literally, to infer the meaning from the name
Characters in this word
名 míng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
思 sī
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
义 yì
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 顾名思义，这家店专门卖各种茶叶。 Gùmíng sīyì, zhè jiā diàn zhuānmén mài gè zhǒng cháyè. As the name suggests, this shop specialises in all kinds of tea.
- 顾名思义，雨伞就是用来挡雨的东西。 Gùmíng sīyì, yǔsǎn jiùshì yòng lái dǎng yǔ de dōngxi. As the name implies, an umbrella is something used to keep off the rain.
- 这条街叫花街，顾名思义，两边开满了花店。 Zhè tiáo jiē jiào huājiē, gùmíng sīyì, liǎngbiān kāi mǎn le huādiàn. This street is called Flower Street and, as the name suggests, flower shops line both sides.
Related words
- 顾客 gùkè customer
- 照顾 zhàogù to take care of
- 不顾 búgù to ignore; despite
- 顾问 gùwèn adviser
- 回顾 huígù to look back on
- 顾 gù to attend to, to look after
- 只顾 zhǐgù to be only concerned with, to solely attend to
- 顾及 gùjí to take into account; to consider
- 顾虑 gùlǜ concern; misgiving; to worry about
- 顾全大局 gùquándàjú to take the overall situation into account
- 光顾 guānggù to patronise; to visit
- 后顾之忧 hòugùzhīyōu worries for the future; domestic worries