贾 (gǔ): merchant, to buy
贾 (gǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “merchant.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 覀 (phonetic) and 贝 (semantic). It ranks #2019 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 贾 money. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, expensive), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- merchant
- to buy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拉贾斯坦邦 | lā jiǎ sī tǎn bāng | Rajasthan (state in India) |
| 内贾德proper-noun | nèi jiǎ dé | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian fundamentalist politician, president of Iran 2005-2013 |
| 贾南德拉 | jiǎ nán dé lā | Gyanendra of Nepal |
| 富商大贾phrase | fù shāng dà gǔ | (idiom) tycoon |
| 多钱善贾 | duō qián shàn gǔ | much capital, good business (idiom) |
| 史提夫·贾伯斯 | shǐ tí fū · jiǎ bó sī | Steve Jobs (1955-2011), US co-founder and CEO of Apple, Inc. |
| 里贾纳 | lǐ jiǎ nà | Regina city, capital of Saskatchewan province, Canada |
| 贾第虫病 | jiǎ dì chóng bìng | (medicine) giardiasis |
| 拉夫桑贾尼 | lā fū sāng jiǎ ní | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| 余勇可贾phrase | yú yǒng kě gǔ | lit. spare valor for sale (idiom) |
| 阿布贾proper-noun | ā bù jiǎ | Abuja, capital of Nigeria |
| 艾哈迈迪内贾德proper-noun | ài hā mài dí nèi jiǎ dé | Ahmadinejad or Ahmadinezhad (Persian name) |
| 富商巨贾phrase | fù shāng jù gǔ | (idiom) tycoon |
| 贾伯斯proper-noun | jiǎ bó sī | Jobs (name) |
| 贾第虫 | jiǎ dì chóng | (biology) giardia (esp. Giardia lamblia) |
贾 appears in 30 compound words: 47 as the first character, 27 as the last, and 27 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 贾 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Showing 4 of 5 idioms containing 贾.
Example Sentences
商贾云集，这个市场非常繁华。
Shānggǔ yúnjí, zhè gè shìchǎng fēicháng fánhuá.
Merchants gather; this market is very prosperous.
...后代对决蒋氏后代? 遭酸舔绿为选北市长 贾永婕发声了
. . . hòu dài duì jué 蒋 shì hòu dài ? zāo suān tiǎn lǜ wéi xuǎn běi shì cháng gǔ yǒng 婕 fā shēng le
... Descendants vs. Jiang descendants? Jia Yongjie spoke out for the election of the mayor of Beijing
国战会论坛》贾永婕借历史表态 不会获得正义(王昆义)
guó zhàn huì lùn tán gǔ yǒng 婕 jiè lì shǐ biǎo tài bù huì huò dé zhèng yì wáng kūn yì
National War Conference Forum" Jia Yongjie used history to express that she would not get justice (Wang Kunyi)
台北101风水池民众提桶装 贾永婕急喊话
tái běi fēng shuǐ chí mín zhòng tí tǒng zhuāng gǔ yǒng 婕 jí hǎn huà
Taipei 101's Feng Shui Pond: Residents Scoop Water into Buckets; Jia Yongjie Urgently Issues Warning
贾永婕拒在蒋公前合照 1话遭亏会被枪毙
gǔ yǒng 婕 jù zài 蒋 gōng qián gě zhào huà zāo kuī huì bèi qiāng bì
Jia Yongjie Refuses to Pose for Photo with Chiang Kai-shek One Remark Earns Her a Jibe: "You'd Be Shot"
贝贾亚在阿尔及利亚。
Bèi gǔ yà zài ā'ěrjílìyà.
Bejaia is in Algeria.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 贝 (money) component
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