MEANING/意义
    姑
      
  • gū
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    nun; girl; priestess; sister-in-law; father's sister; husband's sister; for the time being; aunt on father's side; (lit.)  tentatively
    Type adverb/副词; character/汉字  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 七大姑八大姨
      
      
    qī dà gū bā dà yí
      
    sound for pinyin
    all the female relatives

  • 这姑娘有才有貌。
      
      
    zhè gū niang yǒu cái yǒu mào
      
    sound for pinyin
    This girl's got both talent and beauty.
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 姑娘
      
    gū niang
      
    sound for pinyin
    girl; daughter; young lady; young woman

  • 姑妈
      
    gū mā
      
    sound for pinyin
    aunt

  • 姑姑
      
    gū gu
      
    sound for pinyin
    paternal aunt

  • 姑且
      
    gū qiě
      
    sound for pinyin
    provisional; temporarily; tentatively; for the moment; the time being

  • 姑姑
      
    gū gu
      
    sound for pinyin
    aunt (father's sister) 

  • 姑且
      
    gū qiě
      
    sound for pinyin
    tentatively; for the moment

  • 姑父
      
    gū fu
      
    sound for pinyin
    husband of father's sister; uncle (polite form of address for older male) 

  • 姑夫
      
    gū fu
      
    sound for pinyin
    (on father's side)  uncle-in-law
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