Taxonomy of meanings for 沽:　　

  • 沽 gū (OC: kaas MC: kuo) 古暮切 去 廣韻：【同酤 】
    • SELL
      • vtoNsell (mobile object, often wine)
    • BUY
      • vtoNbuy (wine)
      • vibuy wine
      • vt(oN)buy wine for the contextually determinate person
    • OBTAIN
    • 沽 gǔ (OC: kaaʔ MC: kuo) 公戶切 上 廣韻：【屠沽 】
    • 沽 gū (OC: kaa MC: kuo) 古胡切 平 廣韻：【水名在髙密 】
      • BUY
        • vtoNbuy (wine)
        • vibuy wine
        • vt(oN)buy wine for the contextually determinate person
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      • RIVERS
        • PLACE NAMES

          Additional information about 沽

          說文解字:

            Criteria
          • SELL

            1. The current general words are mài 賣 "offer for sale" and yù 鬻 "trade in", as well as shòu 售 "get sold, sell off" (ant. mǎi 買 "buy").

            2. Gū 沽 refers to the selling of mobile goods, and the word often refers specifically to the selling of wine.

            3. Tiào 糶 (ant. dí 糴 "buy rice abroad") refers specifically to selling rice abroad.

            4. Huò 貨 (ant. huò 貨 "buy wholesale"!!!) refers to selling any moveable goods on a large scale or wholesale.

            5. Gū 酤 refers specifically to the selling (or buying!) of wine.

          • BUY

            1. The most current and general word for buying is mǎi 買 (ant. mài 賣 "sell").

            2. Huò 貨 refers to buying as part of a larger business transaction, but the word is rare in this usage.

            3. Dí 糴 (ant. tiào 糶 "sell abroad") refers to buying from another country and importing, especially rice.

            4. Mào 貿 (ant. yù 鬻 "sell") refers to the professional trading in something.

            5. Gū 沽 / 酤 (ant. gū 沽／酤 "sell liquor"!!) refers specifically to buying wine.

            6. Shì 市 refers to going shopping for something, to buying something in the market.