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Definitions

  1. 1. grain
  2. 2. corn
  3. 3. valley

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Words Containing 谷

百谷
bǎi gǔ

all the grains

裂谷热病毒
liè gǔ rè bìng dú

Rift Valley fever virus

峡谷
xiá gǔ

canyon

甘谷
gān gǔ

Gangu county in Tianshui 天水[tiān shuǐ], Gansu

深谷
shēn gǔ

deep valley

府谷
fǔ gǔ

Fugu County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi

稻谷
dào gǔ

unhusked rice

谷穗
gǔ suì

ear of grain

布谷鸟
bù gǔ niǎo

cuckoo (Cercococcyx spp.)

低谷
dī gǔ

valley

日比谷公园
rì bǐ gǔ gōng yuán

Hibiya Park in central Tokyo

平谷区
píng gǔ qū

Pinggu rural district of Beijing, formerly Pinggu county

沟谷
gōu gǔ

gully

催谷
cuī gǔ

to boost

平谷
píng gǔ

Pinggu rural district of Beijing, formerly Pinggu county

科罗拉多大峡谷
kē luó lā duō dà xiá gǔ

the Grand Canyon (Colorado)

景谷县
jǐng gǔ xiàn

Jinggu Dai and Yi autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[pǔ ěr], Yunnan

川谷
chuān gǔ

same as 薏苡[yì yǐ]

大裂谷
dà liè gǔ

great rift valley

谷城
gǔ chéng

Gucheng county in Xiangfan 襄樊[xiāng fán], Hubei

渊谷
yuān gǔ

deep valley

裂谷
liè gǔ

rift valley

曾孝谷
zēng xiào gǔ

Zeng Xiaogu (1873-1937), actor and pioneer of Chinese drama in New Culture style

大峡谷
dà xiá gǔ

great valley

四体不勤,五谷不分
sì tǐ bù qín , wǔ gǔ bù fēn

never move your four limbs, can't distinguish the five crops (idiom); living as a parasite

谷壳
gǔ ké

husk of grain

谷神
gǔ shén

harvest God

斯瓦特谷地
sī wǎ tè gǔ dì

Swat valley in Pakistani Northwest Frontier

打谷机
dǎ gǔ jī

threshing machine

函谷关
hán gǔ guān

Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)

脆谷乐
cuì gǔ lè

Cheerios (breakfast cereal)

山谷
shān gǔ

valley

谷底
gǔ dǐ

valley floor

阳谷县
yáng gǔ xiàn

Yangu county in Liaocheng 聊城[liáo chéng], Shandong

浪谷
làng gǔ

trough of a wave

谷类
gǔ lèi

cereal

狭谷
xiá gǔ

glen

禾谷
hé gǔ

cereal

谷梁传
gǔ liáng zhuàn

Guliang Annals, commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[chūn qiū], first published during the Han Dynasty

积谷防饥
jī gǔ fáng jī

storing grain against a famine

双龙大裂谷
shuāng lóng dà liè gǔ

Shuanglong ravine in Mt Xiong'er national geological park 熊耳山[xióng ěr shān], Zaozhuang 棗莊|枣庄[zǎo zhuāng], Shandong

鹿谷
lù gǔ

Lugu or Luku Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan

杂谷脑
zá gǔ nǎo

Zagunao River in Sichuan, tributary of the Min River 岷江[mín jiāng]

打谷
dǎ gǔ

to thresh

雅鲁藏布大峡谷
yǎ lǔ zàng bù dà xiá gǔ

Great Canyon of Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (through the southeast Himalayas, from Tibet to Assam and Bangladesh)

太谷县
tài gǔ xiàn

Taigu county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[jìn zhōng], Shanxi

谷仓
gǔ cāng

barn

幽谷
yōu gǔ

deep valley

隘谷
ài gǔ

ravine

平谷县
píng gǔ xiàn

former Pinggu county, now Pinggu rural district in Beijing

谷雨
gǔ yǔ

Guyu or Grain Rain, 6th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 20th April-4th May

谷氨酸
gǔ ān suān

glutamic acid (Glu), an amino acid

府谷县
fǔ gǔ xiàn

Fugu County in Yulin 榆林[yú lín], Shaanxi

溪谷
xī gǔ

valley

跌至谷底
diē zhì gǔ dǐ

to hit rock bottom (idiom)

谷氨酰胺
gǔ ān xiān àn

glutamine (Gln), an amino acid

灵谷寺
líng gǔ sì

Linggu temple (Nanjing)

满坑满谷
mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ

(idiom) all over the place

崖谷
yá gǔ

valley

虚怀若谷
xū huái ruò gǔ

receptive as an echoing canyon (idiom); modest and open-minded

谷草
gǔ cǎo

straw

土谷祠
tǔ gǔ cí

temple dedicated to the local tutelary god 土地神[tǔ dì shén] and the god of cereals

河谷
hé gǔ

river valley

全谷物
quán gǔ wù

whole grain

谷城县
gǔ chéng xiàn

Gucheng county in Xiangfan 襄樊[xiāng fán], Hubei

非洲大裂谷
fēi zhōu dà liè gǔ

Great East African rift valley

杂谷脑镇
zá gǔ nǎo zhèn

Zagunao town in Li county 理縣|理县, Sichuan

谷糠
gǔ kāng

grain chaff

硅谷
guī gǔ

Silicon Valley

东非大裂谷
dōng fēi dà liè gǔ

Great East African rift valley

高岸深谷
gāo àn shēn gǔ

high bank, deep valley (idiom); secluded location

甘谷县
gān gǔ xiàn

Gangu county in Tianshui 天水[tiān shuǐ], Gansu

景谷
jǐng gǔ

Jinggu Dai and Yi autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[pǔ ěr], Yunnan

太谷
tài gǔ

Taigu county in Jinzhong 晉中|晋中[jìn zhōng], Shanxi

曼谷
màn gǔ

Bangkok, capital of Thailand

布谷
bù gǔ

cuckoo

进退维谷
jìn tuì wéi gǔ

no room to advance or to retreat (idiom); without any way out of a dilemma

矽谷
xī gǔ

Silicon Valley

谷歌
gǔ gē

Google, Internet company and search engine

谷子
gǔ zi

millet

哈巴谷书
hā bā gǔ shū

Book of Habakkuk

怒江大峡谷
nù jiāng dà xiá gǔ

the Grand Canyon of the Nujiang river in Tibet and Yunnan

谷地
gǔ dì

valley

空谷足音
kōng gǔ zú yīn

the sound of footsteps in a deserted valley (idiom)

谷物
gǔ wù

cereal

谷氨酸钠
gǔ ān suān nà

monosodium glutamate (MSG) (E621)

贝卡谷地
bèi kǎ gǔ dì

Bekaa Valley between Lebanon and Syria

扬谷
yáng gǔ

to winnow

壑谷
hè gǔ

low-lying humid terrain

谷粒
gǔ lì

grain (of cereal)

簸谷
bǒ gǔ

to winnow grain

五谷丰登
wǔ gǔ fēng dēng

abundant harvest of all food crops

暾欲谷
tūn yù gǔ

Tonyukuk (died c. 724 AD)

阳谷
yáng gǔ

Yangu county in Liaocheng 聊城[liáo chéng], Shandong

最低谷
zuì dī gǔ

lowest point

包谷
bāo gǔ

(dialect) maize

鹿谷乡
lù gǔ xiāng

Lugu or Luku Township in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县[nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan

辟谷
pì gǔ

to abstain from eating cereals (Taoist practice)

谷神星
gǔ shén xīng

Ceres, dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, discovered in 1801 by G. Piazzi

打谷场
dǎ gǔ cháng

threshing floor

秕谷
bǐ gǔ

grain not fully grown

山谷市
shān gǔ shì

the Valley, capital of Anguilla

波谷
bō gǔ

trough

吐谷浑
tǔ yù hún

Tuyuhun, nomadic people related to the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[xiān bēi]

景谷傣族彝族自治县
jǐng gǔ dǎi zú yí zú zì zhì xiàn

Jinggu Dai and Yi autonomous county in Pu'er 普洱[pǔ ěr], Yunnan