| 寇 | [ koù  ]    to invade, to plunder, bandit, foe, enemy | 
| 寇攘 | [ koù rǎng  ]    to rob and steal | 
| 寇比力克 | [ koù bǐ lì kè  ]    see 庫布里克|库布里克[Ku4 bu4 li3 ke4] | 
| 寇準 | [ koù zhǔn  ]    Kou Zhun (961-1023), Northern Song politician and poet | 
| ⇒ 倭寇 | [ wō koù  ]    Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century) | 
| ⇒ 勝者王侯敗者寇 | [ shèng zhě wáng hoú baì zhě koù  ]    the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom), history is written by the victors | 
| ⇒ 司寇 | [ sī koù  ]    two-character surname Sikou | 
| ⇒ 司寇 | [ sī koù  ]    minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China) | 
| ⇒ 成則為王,敗則為寇 | [ chéng zé weí wáng baì zé weí koù  ]    lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom), fig. losers are always in the wrong | 
| ⇒ 成王敗寇 | [ chéng wáng baì koù  ]    see 成則為王,敗則為寇|成则为王,败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4] | 
| ⇒ 成者為王,敗者為寇 | [ chéng zhě weí wáng baì zhě weí koù  ]    see 成則為王,敗則為寇|成则为王,败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4] | 
| ⇒ 流寇 | [ liú koù  ]    roving bandit, rebel band | 
| ⇒ 窮寇 | [ qióng koù  ]    cornered enemy | 
| ⇒ 草寇 | [ caǒ koù  ]    bandits | 
| ⇒ 落草為寇 | [ luò caǒ weí koù  ]    to take to the woods to become an outlaw (idiom) | 
| ⇒ 視如寇仇 | [ shì rú koù choú  ]    to regard as an enemy | 
| ⇒ 豆寇年華 | [ doù koù nián huá  ]    used erroneously for 豆蔻年華|豆蔻年华, a girl's teenage years (idiom); maidenhood, a budding beauty |