顧〔顾〕 gu³ {gù}

(noun) 1. Chinese surname; (verb) Hire

顧〔顾〕 gu³ {gù}

1. to look after
2. to take into consideration
3. to attend to

顧〔顾〕 gu³ {Gù}

surname Gu

顧家〔顾-〕 gu³ gaa¹ {gù jiā}

family-oriented

顧及〔顾-〕 gu³ kap⁶ {gù jí}

(verb) Concern about

顧命〔顾-〕 gu³ meng⁶ {gù mìng}

not willing to sacrifice; to be apprehensive of one's life

顧面〔顾-〕 gu³ min⁶ {gù miàn}

to care about others' opinion; for the sake of one's face; to save face; to keep up one's appearances; to spare somebody's feelings

顧盼〔顾-〕 gu³ paan³ {gù pàn}

to look around

顧主〔顾-〕 gu³ zyu² {gù zhǔ}

an employer

顧住〔顾-〕 gu³ zyu⁶ {gù zhu}

(verb) to pay attention to; to take care of; to watch for; to be mindful of; to be careful; to look after; to keep thinking about

顧全〔顾-〕 gu³ cyun⁴ {gù quán}

1. to give careful consideration to
2. to display thoughtfulness towards

顧忌〔顾-〕 gu³ gei⁶ {gù jì}

1. to have misgivings
2. apprehension
3. worry
4. qualm
5. scruple

顧客〔顾-〕 gu³ haak³ {gù kè}

1. client
2. customer
3. CL: 位

顧及〔顾-〕 gu³ kap⁶ {gù jí}

1. to take into consideration
2. to attend to

顧慮〔顾虑〕 gu³ leoi⁶ {gù lǜ}

1. misgivings
2. apprehensions

顧問〔顾问〕 gu³ man⁶ {gù wèn}

1. adviser
2. consultant

顧眄〔顾-〕 gu³ min⁵ {gù miǎn}

to turn one's head and look around

顧念〔顾-〕 gu³ nim⁶ {gù niàn}

1. to care for
2. to worry about

顧惜〔顾-〕 gu³ sik¹ {gù xī}

1. to take loving care of
2. to value

顧不得〔顾--〕 gu³ bat¹ dak¹ {gù bu de}

1. unable to change sth
2. unable to deal with

顧不上〔顾--〕 gu³ bat¹ soeng⁵ {gù bu shàng}

cannot attend to or manage

顧愷之〔顾恺-〕 gu³ hoi² zi¹ {Gù Kǎi zhī}

Gu Kaizhi or Ku K'aichih (346-407), famous painter of Eastern Jin dynasty, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家

顧野王〔顾--〕 gu³ je⁵ wong⁴ {Gù Yě wáng}

Gu Yewang (519-581), historian and an interpreter of classical texts, editor of Yupian 玉篇

顧炎武〔顾--〕 gu³ jim⁴ mou⁵ {Gù Yán wǔ}

Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄

顧此失彼〔顾---〕 gu³ ci² sat¹ bei² {gù cǐ shī bǐ}

1. lit. to attend to one thing and lose sight of another (idiom)
2. fig. to be unable to manage two or more things at once
3. cannot pay attention to one thing without neglecting the other

顧全大局〔顾---〕 gu³ cyun⁴ daai⁶ guk⁶ {gù quán dà jú}

1. to take the big picture into consideration (idiom)
2. to work for the benefits of all

顧客至上〔顾---〕 gu³ haak³ zi³ soeng⁶ {gù kè zhì shàng}

the customer reigns supreme (idiom)

顧影自憐〔顾--怜〕 gu³ jing² zi⁶ lin⁴ {gù yǐng zì lián}

1. lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom)
2. fig. alone and dejected

顧名思義〔顾--义〕 gu³ ming⁴ si¹ ji⁶ {gù míng sī yì}

as the name implies

顧盼自雄〔顾---〕 gu³ paan³ zi⁶ hung⁴ {gù pàn zì xióng}

to strut about feeling complacent (idiom)

顧食唔顧著〔顾--顾着〕 gu³ sik⁶ m⁴ gu³ zoek³ {gù shí ḿ gù zhe}

to only care about eating and totally neglect one's appearance

顧左右而言他〔顾-----〕 gu³ zo² jau⁶ ji⁴ jin⁴ taa¹ {gù zuǒ yòu ér yán tā}

(literally: look at both sides and talk about something away from the topic) ; to speak evasively

顧得頭嚟腳反筋〔顾-头-脚--〕 gu³ dak¹ tau⁴ lai⁴ goek³ faan² gan¹ {gù dé tóu lí jiǎo fǎn jīn}

to attend to one thing and lose another; to focus on one thing and neglect another thing; to pay attention to one aspect and overlook another