Chinese symbol for “coo”
咕噜
gū lu
Traditional: 咕嚕
(onom.) to rumble (of a stomach); to coo (of a dove); rumbling; noisy drinking sound
The closest CC-CEDICT match for coo is 咕噜 (gū lu), defined as: (onom.) to rumble (of a stomach); to coo (of a dove); rumbling; noisy drinking sound.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 咕噜.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 嘀咕 | dí gu | to mutter; to feel apprehensive |
| 咕哝 (咕噥) | gū nong | to murmur; to mumble |
| 咕咚 | gū dōng | splash; (onom.) for heavy things falling down |
| 叽里咕噜 (嘰里咕嚕) | jī li gū lū | see 叽哩咕噜 (jī li gū lū) |
| 叽哩咕噜 (嘰哩咕嚕) | jī li gū lū | (onom.) to jabber; to rumble |
| 打呼噜 (打呼嚕) | dǎ hū lu | to snore |
| 呼噜 (呼嚕) | hū lū | (onom.) sound of snoring, wheezing, or a cat purring |
| 呼噜噜 (呼嚕嚕) | hū lū lū | (onom.) to snore; wheezing |
See also: Japanese symbol for “coo”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.