English
- careless, frivolous
- surname Gou
- (literary) if indeed
- illicit
- (bound form) careless; negligent
- grammatical particle: if, but, if only
- (bound form) temporarily
- surname
- grass name
- just; merely; barely
- indiscriminately; to do something just for the sake of doing it
粵語
- 暫時；姑且
- 隨便；馬虎
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 苟
- 苟且gau2 ce2
perfunctory
- 苟延殘喘gau2 jin4 caan4 cyun2
(idiom) to struggle on whilst at death's door
- 不苟bat1 gau2
not lax
- 苟活gau2 wut6
to live without dignity; to barely sustain oneself
- 苟取gau2 ceoi2
(literary) to extort
- 苟存gau2 cyun4
to drift through life
- 一絲不苟jat1 si1 bat1 gau2
not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules
- 不敢苟同bat1 gam2 gau2 tung4
to beg to differ (idiom)
- 苟同gau2 tung4
to agree blindly
- 苟安gau2 on1
see 苟且偷安[gou3 qie3 tou1 an1]
- 苟合gau2 hap6
illicit sexual relations
- 魚苟jyu4 gau2
- 苟且偷生gau2 ce2 tau1 sang1
to drift and live without purpose (idiom); to drag out an ignoble existence
- 苟富貴gau2 fu3 gwai3
- 一筆不苟jat1 bat1 bat1 gau2
lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom)
- 未敢苟同mei6 gam2 gau2 tung4
can't agree with
- 苟且偷安gau2 ce2 tau1 on1
seeking only ease and comfort (idiom); making no attempt to improve oneself
- 狗苟蠅營gau2 gau2 jing4 jing4
see 蠅營狗苟|蝇营狗苟[ying2 ying2 gou3 gou3]
- 蠅營狗苟jing4 jing4 gau2 gau2
(lit.) to swarm like flies around rotten food and drag out an ignoble existence like a dog (idiom)
- 烏襤苟褸wu1 laam4 gau2 lau5