"姑" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 姑 |  gū | paternal aunt / husband's sister / husband's mother (old) / nun / for the time being (literary) |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | (idiom) to put (an issue) to one side for the moment | |
| 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 | father's youngest sister / 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 | see 美姑縣|美姑县[Mei3gu1 Xian4] | | |
| 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 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2shan1 Yi2zu2 Zi4zhi4zhou1], Sichuan | |
| 小姑子 | xiǎo gū zi | (coll.) husband's younger sister / sister-in-law | |
| 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 | |
| 欲取姑予 | yù qǔ - gū yǔ | variant of 欲取姑與|欲取姑与[yu4qu3-gu1yu3] | |
| 欲取姑与 | yù qǔ - gū yǔ | (idiom) to make concessions for the sake of future gains | |
| 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 | |
