勾 起

gōu qǐdictionary entry

to evoke / to induce / to call to mind / to pick up with a hook

Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

勾起勾起 [gou1 qi3] /to evoke/to induce/to call to mind/to pick up with a hook/

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Reference information

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Character information

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勾
gōu
to attract / to arouse / to tick / to strike out / to delineate / to collude / variant of 鉤|钩[gōu], hook
gòu
used in 勾當|勾当[gòu dàng]
Gōu
surname Gou
起
qǐ
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group

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