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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gū | gu1
English translation
paternal aunt
husband's sister
husband's mother (old)
nun
for the time being (literary)
father's sister; husband's mother

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

女古

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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神仙 shénxiān Jiào de 魔法 mó fǎ 使 shǐ 灰姑娘 Huī gū niang de 破烂 pò làn 衣衫 yī shān 变成 biàn chéng le jiàn 漂亮 piàoliang de cháng 外衣 wài yī .

The fairy godmother's magic charm turned Cinderella's rags into a beautiful gown.

shì 不是 bú shi 那个 nà ge 容易 róngyì 冲动 chōngdòng yòu hǎo 走极端 de 姑娘 gūniang 一切 yīqiè dōu 告诉 gàosu le xiá ?

Had the impulsive and desperate girl spoken out to Letitia to the fullest?

慢条斯理 màn tiáo sī lǐ de 样子 yàngzi 款款 kuǎn kuǎn jiān xiào de 神情 shén qíng ,简直 jiǎnzhí xiàng zhì Chéng 敦厚 dūn hòu 的大姑娘 gūniang .

The unhurried way in which he spoke and the gentle smile on his lips reminded you of an unaffected young girl.

保护 bǎohù zhāo 这位 zhè wèi 漂亮 piàoliang de 姑娘 gūniang zài 城里到处 dàochù guàng 一逛.

He squired the pretty girl about town.

zhè 小姑娘 hōng 爸爸 bàba gěi mǎi le jiàn Xīn 衣服 yīfu .

The little girl cajoled her father into buying her a new dress.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
姑娘 gūniang girl姑娘 gūniang
nun
姑姑 gūgu paternal aunt姑姑 gūgu
姑妈 gū mā paternal aunt姑媽
灰姑娘 Huī gū niang Cinderella灰姑娘 Huī gū niang
姑且 gūqiě tentatively姑且 gūqiě
尼姑 ní gū Buddhist nun尼姑 ní gū
姑息 gū xī excessively tolerant姑息 gū xī
村姑 cūn gū village girl村姑 cūn gū
大姑 dà gū sister-in-law大姑 dà gū
姑父 gū fu uncle姑父 gū fu
姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai great aunt姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai
姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister姑婆 gū pó
小姑 xiǎo gū sister-in-law小姑 xiǎo gū
姑爷 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family)姑爺
仙姑 xiān gū sorceress仙姑 xiān gū
皇姑区 Huáng gū qū Huanggu district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市 Shěn yáng shì , Liaoning皇姑區
道姑 dào gū Daoist nun道姑 dào gū
姑母 gū mǔ father's sister姑母 gū mǔ
姑丈 gū zhàng husband of paternal aunt姑丈 gū zhàng
三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó
姑息养奸 gū xī yǎng jiān to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child姑息養奸

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Decomposition

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