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姑
gū
1.
paternal aunt
2.
husband's sister
3.
husband's mother (old)
4.
nun
5.
for the time being (literary)
Common • Top 7%
✏️ 8 strokes
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
仙姑
xiāngū
female immortal
大姑
dàgū
father's oldest sister
姑丈
gūzhàng
husband of paternal aunt
姑且
gūqiě
for the time being
姑夫
gūfu
father's sister's husband
姑姑
gūgu
paternal aunt
姑娘
gūniang
girl
姑婆
gūpó
grandfather's sister
姑妈
gūmā
(coll.) father's married sister
姑息
gūxī
excessively tolerant
姑母
gūmǔ
father's sister
姑父
gūfu
father's sister's husband
姑爹
gūdiē
husband of father's sister
姑爷
gūye
son-in-law (used by wife's family)
家姑
jiāgū
(polite) father's sisters
小姑
xiǎogū
husband's younger sister
尼姑
nígū
Buddhist nun
慈姑
cígu
arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
村姑
cūngū
village girl
皇姑
Huánggū
Huanggu district of Shenyang city [[沈陽市|沈阳市]], Liaoning
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 5
- Character Frequency Rank
- 993
- Word Frequency Rank
- 5,610 of 84,292