够

夠
gòu
HSK 4
#538 most
frequent character
to reach, to be enough
verb
adjective

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

够 has 多 plentiful as meaning part and 句 jù as sound part, first meaning 'a lot, many'. The meaning then grew to 'enough; sufficient'.

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Example Sentences

这个电视够大，能看得很清楚。
zhègè diànshì gòudà ， néngkàn déhěn qīngchǔ 。
This television is big enough to see clearly.
我觉得他的英语水平已经够好了。
wǒ juéde tāde yīngyǔ shuǐpíng yǐjīng gòuhǎo le 。
I think his English level is good enough already.
她的钱不够买这件衣服。
tāde qián bùgòu mǎi zhè jiàn yīfú 。
She doesn't have enough money to buy this piece of clothing.

Grammar Points

HSK 4
Expressing "enough" with "gou"够…了

Words with similar meanings

足够zúgòu
sufficient
More formal and often used in written texts.
充足chōngzú
ample
Implies more than enough; often used to indicate abundance.

Homophones

购gòu
to purchase
构gòu
to construct, to form, to make up

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Basic Verbs
Core action verbs like 'go,' 'come,' 'eat,' 'see,' commonly encountered in HSK.
Common Adjectives
Descriptive words for size, quality, temperature, mood, and more.
HSK 4
All words for the HSK 4 test