Chinese Word: 觥 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

觥

Pinyin: gōng

English Definition: big; cup made of horn; horn wine container

Chinese Definition:
①古代酒器，腹椭圆，上有提梁，底有圈足，兽头形盖，亦有整个酒器作兽形的，并附有小勺：觥筹交错(酒器和酒筹交互错杂，形容宴饮尽欢)。
②大，丰盛：觥羊(大羊)。觥船。觥饭。

Total strokes: 13; Radical: 角

Pictophonetic:光 indicates the sound; 角 (horn) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 角 [ jiǎo ] angle, corner; horn, horn-shaped
- 光 [ guāng ] light; bright, brilliant; only, merely

Similar Characters: 魭

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觥筹交错	gōng chóu jiāo cuò	wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined; to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom); a big (drinking) party
兕觥	sì gōng	ancient type of drinking vessel
飞觥走斝	fēi gōng zǒu jiǎ	to drink one's fill (idiom)

1		jiāng zhōu 江州 sī mǎ 司马 jiào 叫 bù xǐng 不醒， jiào dé 叫得 lú shān 庐山 fēn 分 yī 一 gōng 觥。 Jiangzhou Sima not wake, scream Lushan priced Gong.
2		rì 日 yǐ 已 gōng 觥， chéng 盛 jiǔ qì 酒器， shǎn xī 陕西 lì shǐ 历史 bó wù guǎn 博物馆， xī ān 西安。 Gong Wine Vessel in Shaanxi History Museum.
3		jiǔ diàn 酒店 chù chù 处处 dōu 都 shì 是 fàn jú 饭局， dà jiā 大家 bēi gōng jiāo cuò 杯觥交错， tán xiào fēng shēng 谈笑风生， kě shì 可是 yàn 宴 bà 罢 guī 归 qù 去， nǐ 你 yǐ 已 shì 是 lěng 冷 liǎn 脸 yì zhāng 一张。 Restaurants are full of dinner parties, people are drinking and chatting and laughing, but when the party is finished and you are back home, you have already put on a face with no expression.