苟
gǒuGǒu

careless

苟 gǒu frequency
if conjunction
if indeed; provided that (literary usage)

苟能造福百姓，他个人做出点牺牲也愿意。

gǒu néng zào​fú bǎi​xìng, tā gè​rén zuò​chū diǎn xī​shēng yě yuàn​yì.

If it can benefit the people, he is willing to make some personal sacrifices.

careless idiom
careless; negligent; casual

他做起事来一丝不苟。

tā zuò qǐ shì lái yī​sī​bù​gǒu.

He is meticulous in everything he does.

temporarily verb
temporarily; just to get by; seeking ease for the moment

在严峻的形势下，他绝不敢有半点苟安之心。

zài yán​jùn de xíng​shì xià, tā jué bù gǎn yǒu bàn​diǎn gǒu'ān zhī xīn.

Under the grim situation, he dares not have the slightest desire for a temporary, easy life.

苟 Gǒu
Gou proper name
surname Gou

苟先生是我的邻居。

Gǒu xiān​sheng shì wǒ de lín​jū.

Mr. Gou is my neighbor.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,886th most common 11.4 per million
Movie subtitles
2,933rd most common 3.84 per million appears in 3% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.46 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
2.47 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+82DF

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)