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够

gòu · gou

Traditional 夠

HSK 2Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. enough (sufficient)
  2. enough (too much)
  3. (coll.) (before adj.) really
  4. (coll.) to reach by stretching out
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In a conversation

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Cinema money

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)带(dài)钱(qián)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Liangliang, did you bring money?

  2. Liangliang

    带(dài)了(le)八十(bāshí)块(kuài)。

    I brought eighty yuan.

  3. Dengdeng

    够(gòu)买(mǎi)两(liǎng)张(zhāng)电影票(diànyǐngpiào)吗(ma)？

    Is it enough for two movie tickets?

  4. Liangliang

    够(gòu)，一(yī)张(zhāng)三十八(sānshíbā)。

    Enough. One is thirty-eight.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)爆米花(bàomǐhuā)呢(ne)？

    And the popcorn?

  6. Liangliang

    不(bù)够(gòu)了(le)……闻闻(wénwén)别人(biéren)的(de)吧(ba)。

    Not enough… let's smell other people's.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

亨(hēng)利(lì)年(nián)纪(jì)够(gòu)大(dà)足(zú)以(yǐ)养(yǎng)活(huó)自(zì)己(jǐ)。

Henry is old enough to support himself.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

如(rú)果(guǒ)我(wǒ)运(yùn)气(qi)够(gòu)好(hǎo)的(de)话(huà)，说(shuō)不(bu)定(dìng)会(huì)赢(yíng)。

I may win if I have luck.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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