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谷
gǔ
Main
English Definitiongrain; corn
See alsogǔ valley; (Chinese surname) (from traditional character 谷)
Simplified Script谷
Traditional Script穀
Pinyingǔ
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping)guk1

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Words With Same Head Word    
谷物gǔwùcereal; grain
谷子gǔzimillet
谷歌gǔgē
谷氨酸gǔ ān suānglutamic acid (Glu), an amino acid
谷类gǔlèicereal; grain
Words With Same Tail Word    
稻谷dàogǔunhusked rice; paddy
包谷bāogǔ(dialect) maize; corn; also written 苞谷
五谷wǔgǔfive crops, e.g. millet 粟, soybean 豆, sesame 麻, barley 麦, rice 稻 or other variants; all crops; all grains; oats, peas, beans and barley
苞谷bāogǔvariant of 包穀
打谷dǎgǔto thresh
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