"姑" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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姑
Trad. 姑
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)		 女
Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 8
Structure
Decomp. 女十口
女 + 古
Prononciation
Mandarin gū
Entry Methods
Pinyin gu1
Kanji /
Cangjie
 VJR
女十口
Sijiao 4446.0
Wubi VDG
CNS 11643 1-4C6A
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+59D1
GB2312 B9C3
BIG5 A968
姑 gū paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary)
Results beginning with 姑
姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4]
姑姑 gū gu paternal aunt / CL:個|个[ge4]
姑且 gū qiě for the time being / tentatively
姑妈 gū mā (coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt
姑息 gū xī excessively tolerant / to overindulge (sb) / overly conciliatory / to seek appeasement at any price
姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law
姑爷 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister)
姑父 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle
姑母 gū mǔ father's sister / paternal aunt
姑丈 gū zhàng husband of paternal aunt
姑夫 gū fu father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle
姑爹 gū diē husband of father's sister / uncle
姑子 gū zi husband's sister / (coll.) Buddhist nun
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姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai paternal great-aunt (father's father's sister) / (respectful form of address for a married woman used by members of her parents' family) married daughter / (brassy self-reference used by a woman in an altercation) I / me / this lady here / (coll.) form of address for an unmarried girl or woman, expressing affection or reproach
姑姥姥 gū lǎo lao mother's father's sister (coll.) / great aunt
姑婆芋 gū pó yù night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)
姑息养奸 gū xī yǎng jiān to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom) / spare the rod and spoil the child
姑置勿论 gū zhì wù lùn to put something aside for the time being (idiom)
姑息治疗  palliative care
姑妄言之 gū wàng yán zhī to just talk for the sake of talking
姑息遗患 gū xī yí huàn to tolerate is to abet
Approximate Results for 姑
尼姑 ní gū Buddhist nun
村姑 cūn gū village girl / country bumpkin
小姑 xiǎo gū husband's younger sister / sister-in-law
仙姑 xiān gū female immortal / sorceress
大姑 dà gū father's oldest sister / husband's older sister / sister-in-law
道姑 dào gū Daoist nun
慈姑 cí gu arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)
表姑 biǎo gū father's female cousin via female line
度姑 dù gū (Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])
皇姑 Huáng gū Huanggu district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
家姑 jiā gū (polite) father's sisters
美姑 Měi gū Meigu county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
翁姑 wēng gū husband's father and mother
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灰姑娘 Huī gū niang Cinderella / a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
红姑娘 hóng gū niang Chinese lantern plant / winter cherry / strawberry ground-cherry / Physalis alkekengi
皇姑区 Huáng gū qū Huanggu district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
美姑河 Měi gū Hé Meigu River in south Sichuan
美姑县 Měi gū xiàn Meigu county in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture 涼山彞族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], south Sichuan
祖姑母 zǔ gū mǔ father's father's sister / great aunt
妇姑勃溪 fù gū bó xī dispute among womenfolk (idiom) / family squabbles
三姑六婆 sān gū liù pó women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom)
欲取姑予 yù qǔ gū yǔ variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与[yu4 qu3 gu1 yu3] / to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
黄花姑娘 huáng huā gū niang maiden / virgin girl
欲取姑与 yù qǔ gū yǔ to make concessions for the sake of future gains (idiom)
七大姑八大姨 qī dà gū bā dà yí distant relatives
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