狗 (gǒu) means Dog. Below are 24 of the 26 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
这只小 狗 很调皮。
Zhè zhī xiǎo gǒu hěn tiáopí.
This puppy is very mischievous.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 调皮
小 狗 高兴地摇尾巴。
Xiǎo gǒu gāoxìng de yáo wěiba.
The puppy wagged its tail happily.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 尾巴
小 狗 在啃一根骨头。
Xiǎo gǒu zài kěn yì gēn gǔtou.
The puppy is gnawing on a bone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 啃
狗 的鼻子非常灵敏。
Gǒu de bízi fēicháng língmǐn.
A dog's nose is extremely sensitive.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 灵敏
狗 在门外，它想进来。
Gǒu zài mén wài, tā xiǎng jìnlai.
The dog is outside the door; it wants to come in.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 它
狗 叼着报纸跑了回来。
Gǒu diāozhe bàozhǐ pǎo le huílái.
The dog came running back with the newspaper in its mouth.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 叼
小 狗 一直跟随着主人。
Xiǎo gǒu yìzhí gēnsuízhe zhǔrén.
The little dog followed its owner the whole way.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 跟随
小 狗 趴在门口等主人。
Xiǎo gǒu pā zài ménkǒu děng zhǔrén.
The puppy lay at the door waiting for its owner.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 趴
这只 狗 是被人抛弃的。
Zhè zhī gǒu shì bèi rén pāoqì de.
This dog was abandoned by someone.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 抛弃
那只小 狗 瘸着一条腿。
Nà zhī xiǎo gǒu quézhe yì tiáo tuǐ.
That little dog is lame in one leg.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 瘸
那只 狗 看起来很凶恶。
Nà zhī gǒu kàn qǐlái hěn xiōng'è.
That dog looks very fierce.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 凶恶
那只小 狗 看起来很可怜。
Nà zhī xiǎo gǒu kàn qǐlái hěn kělián.
That little dog looks pitiful.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 可怜
大家一起寻找那只小 狗 。
Dàjiā yìqǐ xúnzhǎo nà zhī xiǎo gǒu.
Everyone searched together for the puppy.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 寻找
狗 的嗅觉比人灵敏得多。
Gǒu de xiùjué bǐ rén língmǐn de duō.
A dog's sense of smell is far keener than a human's.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 嗅觉
小 狗 一见主人就扑了过来。
Xiǎo gǒu yí jiàn zhǔrén jiù pū le guòlái.
The moment the puppy saw its owner it leapt towards him.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扑
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From the graded readers
一只老 狗 从院子里慢慢走出来，看了我很久。
yī zhī lǎo gǒu cóng yuànzi lǐ mànmàn zǒu chūlai, kànle wǒ hěn jiǔ.
An old dog came slowly out of the yard and looked at me for a long time.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home
狗 appears in 26 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Questions about 狗
How is 狗 used in a sentence?
This page shows 26 sentences using 狗 (gǒu, "Dog"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 狗 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 狗 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 狗 an HSK word?
Yes — 狗 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 狗?
The dictionary page for 狗 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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