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股

gǔ · gu

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. thigh
  2. part of a whole; portion of a sum
  3. (finance) stock; share
  4. strand of a thread
  5. low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科 (kē)
  6. classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc
  7. classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff
  8. classifier for bands of people, gangs etc
  9. classifier for sudden forceful actions
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A smell from the stall

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)闻到(wéndào)了(le)吗(ma)？有(yǒu)一(yī)股(gǔ)香味(xiāngwèi)！

    Do you smell that? There's a sweet smell!

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)闻到(wéndào)一(yī)股(gǔ)臭味(chòuwèi)。

    I only smell a stinky smell.

  3. Dengdeng

    不会(bùhuì)吧(ba)？那(nà)股(gǔ)香味(xiāngwèi)是(shì)从(cóng)那边(nàbian)来(lái)的(de)。

    Really? That fragrance comes from over there.

  4. Liangliang

    那边(nàbian)是(shì)臭豆腐(chòudòufu)摊(tān)，你(nǐ)说(shuō)的(de)香味(xiāngwèi)，就是(jiùshì)臭豆腐(chòudòufu)。

    Over there is the stinky tofu stall. The fragrance you mean is stinky tofu.

  5. Dengdeng

    对(duì)啊(a)，臭豆腐(chòudòufu)闻起来(wénqǐlai)臭(chòu)，吃起来(chīqǐlai)香(xiāng)！

    Right! Stinky tofu smells bad but tastes great!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)买(mǎi)了(le)几(jǐ)股(gǔ)这(zhè)家(jiā)公(gōng)司(sī)的(de)股(gǔ)票(piào)，打(dǎ)算(suàn)长(cháng)期(qī)持(chí)有(yǒu)。

He bought a few shares of this company's stock and plans to hold them long term.

02

厨(chú)房(fáng)里(lǐ)飘(piāo)来(lái)一(yì)股(gǔ)香(xiāng)味(wèi)，让(ràng)人(rén)忍(rěn)不(bu)住(zhù)咽(yàn)口(kǒu)水(shuǐ)。

A whiff of fragrance drifted from the kitchen, making people swallow their saliva involuntarily.

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