屁股 (pìgu): butt

Measure Word

一个屁股 gè

Meanings

1 butt
2 buttocks
3 bottom

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

别坐在地上，屁股会脏。

Bié zuò zài dìshang, pìgu huì zāng.

Don't sit on the ground, your butt will get dirty.

HSK 7-9

小孩摔了一跤，屁股好疼。

Xiǎohái shuāi le yì jiāo, pìgu hǎo téng.

The kid took a fall - his bottom really hurts.

Tips

memory

屁 (fart) + 股 (section/thigh) = the body part associated with farts - the butt.

usage

屁股 is informal but not vulgar. It's the standard everyday word for 'butt'. More formal: 臀部.

Stroke Order

屁 pì

股 gǔ

Related Words

股 gǔ HSK 6 #3,192

stock; share (finance) / thigh; buttocks / measure word for a strand, stream, or puff

屁 pì #1,239

fart / nonsense / bullshit

狗屁 gǒupì #3,132

nonsense / rubbish / bullshit

股票 gǔpiào HSK 6 #4,185

stock; share (financial instrument)

一屁股 yīpìgu

plop down (onto a seat) / a whole load of (debt, trouble, etc.)

股份 gǔfèn HSK 7-9 #8,552

share (in a company); stock / equity; stake

股东 gǔdōng HSK 6 #9,155

shareholder; stockholder

拍马屁 pāimǎpì #13,559

to flatter; to butter someone up / to kiss up to; to bootlick

股市 gǔshì HSK 7-9 #13,971

stock market

垫底 diàndǐ HSK 7-9 #6,790

to come in last place; to be at the bottom / to serve as a base; to pad the bottom