勾 {gōu}

1. to hook
2. to sew
3. to crochet
4. hook
5. barb
6. check mark or tick
7. window catch

勾 ngau¹ {gōu}

1. to attract
2. to arouse
3. to tick
4. to strike out
5. to delineate
6. to collude
7. variant of 鉤, hook

勾 ngau¹ {gòu}

1. affair
2. to reach for (with hand)

勾 ngau¹ {Gōu}

surname Gou

勾通 gau¹ tung¹ {gōu tōng}

to conspire or infiltrate

勾搭 ngau¹ daap³ {gōu da}

(verb) Seduce

勾佬 ngau¹ lou² {gōu lǎo}

describes the act of a woman having an affair with another man; to seduce a man; to be slutty

勾出 ngau¹ ceot¹ {gōu chū}

1. to delineate
2. to articulate
3. to evoke
4. to draw out
5. to tick off

勾踐〔-践〕 ngau¹ cin⁵ {Gōu Jiàn}

King Gou Jian of Yue (c. 470 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸

勾搭 ngau¹ daap³ {gōu da}

1. to gang up
2. to fool around with
3. to make up to

勾兌〔-兑〕 ngau¹ deoi³ {gōu duì}

to blend various types of wine (or spirits, or fruit juices etc)

勾當〔-当〕 ngau¹ dong³ {gòu dàng}

shady business

勾縫〔-缝〕 ngau¹ fung⁶ {gōu fèng}

1. to point a brick wall
2. to grout a tiled surface

勾結〔-结〕 ngau¹ git³ {gōu jié}

1. to collude with
2. to collaborate with
3. to gang up with

勾起 ngau¹ hei² {gōu qǐ}

1. to evoke
2. to induce
3. to call to mind
4. to pick up with a hook

勾芡 ngau¹ him³ {gōu qiàn}

to thicken with cornstarch

勾人 ngau¹ jan⁴ {gōu rén}

1. sexy
2. seductive

勾引 ngau¹ jan⁵ {gōu yǐn}

1. to seduce
2. to tempt

勾玉 ngau¹ juk⁶ {gōu yù}

magatama (Japanese curved beads)

勾拳 ngau¹ kyun⁴ {gōu quán}

hook (punch in boxing)

勾欄〔-栏〕 ngau¹ laan⁴ {gōu lán}

1. brothel
2. theater
3. carved balustrade

勾勒 ngau¹ lak⁶ {gōu lè}

1. to draw the outline of
2. to outline
3. to sketch
4. to delineate contours of
5. to give a brief account of

勾留 ngau¹ lau⁴ {gōu liú}

1. to stay
2. to stop over
3. to break one's journey

勾連〔-连〕 ngau¹ lin⁴ {gōu lián}

1. to be linked together
2. to be involved with
3. to collude
4. interconnection
5. involvement
6. collusion

勾手 ngau¹ sau² {gōu shǒu}

1. to collude with
2. to collaborate
3. (basketball) hook shot

勾銷〔-销〕 ngau¹ siu¹ {gōu xiāo}

1. to write off
2. to cancel

勾劃〔-划〕 ngau¹ waak⁶ {gōu huà}

1. to sketch
2. to delineate

勾畫〔-画〕 ngau¹ waak⁶ {gōu huà}

1. to sketch out
2. to delineate

勾手指 au¹ sau² zi² {gōu shǒu zhǐ}

Pinky finger promise

勾肩搭背 ngau¹ gin¹ daap³ bui³ {gōu jiān dā bèi}

arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)

勾股定理 ngau¹ gu² ding⁶ lei⁵ {gōu gǔ dìng lǐ}

Pythagorean theorem

勾三搭四 ngau¹ saam¹ daap³ sei³ {gōu sān dā sì}

1. to make hanky-panky
2. to seduce women

勾心鬥角〔--斗-〕 ngau¹ sam¹ dau³ gok³ {gōu xīn dòu jiǎo}

1. to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
2. (in palace construction) elaborate and refined