篙 (gou1) — boat-pole; long pole used for punting a boat in Cantonese
gouˉ¹篙Mandarin Pinyin: gao1
Meaning of 篙
nounboat-pole; long pole used for punting a boat
Example Sentences with 篙
niˉ¹呢douˍ₆度jauˏ₅有diˉ¹啲gouˉ¹篙zyu1.竹。
There are some bamboo poles here.
tiuˎ₄條hoˎ₄河jauˏ₅有houˊ²好doˉ¹多gouˉ¹篙zyu1.竹。
There's a lot of bamboo in the river.
diˉ¹啲gouˉ¹篙zyuˉ¹竹houˊ²好coeng4.長。
The bamboo poles are very long.
keoiˏ₅佢jungˍ₆用gouˉ¹篙zyuˉ¹竹daap˗₃搭paang4.棚。
He uses bamboo poles to build scaffolding.
lingˉ¹拎faanˉ¹返diˉ¹啲gouˉ¹篙zyu1.竹。
Bring back some bamboo poles.
Words Containing 篙
竹篙zuk1 gou1
a pole
篙竹gou1 zuk1
a type of bamboo
一竹篙打一船人jat1 zuk1 gou1 daa2 jat1 syun4 jan4
a pole hits a boat of people, which means one holds onto someone's wrong and thinks the rest of others are the same
一竹篙揇沉一船人jat1 zuk1 gou1 naam5 cam4 jat1 syun4 jan4
Tar with the same bush, meaning to believe wrongly that someone or something has the same bad qualities as someone or something that is similar
一竹篙打死一船人jat1 zuk1 gou1 daa2 sei2 jat1 syun4 jan4
blanket condemnation of a group for one person's mistake
一竹篙打沉一船人jat1 zuk1 gou1 daa2 cam4 jat1 syun4 jan4
someone who generalises someone, "to tar everyone with the same brush"
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