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Meaning of 姑

Pinyin gū

Radical

女

Strokes

Definition

paternal aunt

Usage

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姑 [gū] 名 1. 称父亲的姐妹: aunt; the sister of one's father 【引】《尔雅》：父之姊妹为姑。【例】又如:姑舅(姑母和舅父);姑姑;姑婿 2. 丈夫的姊妹: the sister of one's husband 【引】《玉台新咏·古诗为焦仲卿妻作》：新妇初来时，小姑始扶床。【例】又如:姑嫂;小姑(丈夫的妹妹) 3. 旧时妻称夫的母亲: the mother of one's husband 【引】《说文》：姑，夫母也。【例】又如:翁姑;姑嫜(古时妻子对丈夫父母的称呼，即公婆) 4. 出家修行或从事迷信职业的妇女: nun 【例】如:尼姑(出家修行的女佛教徒);道姑(女道士);三姑六婆 5. 少女: maiden 【例】如:村姑;姑娘家 6. 娘家称已经出嫁的女子: married 【例】如:姑太太(已嫁的长辈女子) 副 1. 姑且，暂且: for the time being 【引】明·高启《书博鸡者事》：今姑贷汝，后不善自改，且复妄言，我当焚汝庐。【例】又如:姑置勿论动 1. 姑息，无原则的宽容: appease 【例】如:姑容(姑息宽容);姑恕(姑息宽容);姑纵(姑息放纵);姑徇(姑息徇私) 2. 通“诂”(gǔ)。诂训。以通行的文字解释古代语言文字或方言字义: explain archaic or dialectal words in current language 【引】《管子·心术》：姑形以形，以形务名。 3. 吸饮: take in; suck 【引】《孟子·滕文公上》：狐狸食之，蝇蚋姑嘬之。

姑娘 gū niang

girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4]

姑奶奶 gū nǎi nai

(coll.) father's father's sister / great aunt

姑妈 gū mā

(coll.) father's married sister / paternal aunt

道姑 dào gū

Daoist nun

姑姑 gū gu

paternal aunt / CL:個|个[ge4]

姑爷 gū ye

son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister)

姑息 gū xī

excessively tolerant / to overindulge (sb) / overly conciliatory / to seek appeasement at any price

大姑娘 dà gū niáng

aunt / unmarried young woman / unmarried girl / eldest girl / eldest daughter

姑母 gū mǔ

father's sister / paternal aunt

姑父 gū fu

father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle

梦姑 mèng gū

Meng Gu

村姑 cūn gū

village girl / country bumpkin

小姑 xiǎo gū

husband's younger sister / sister-in-law

姑子 gū zi

husband's sister / (coll.) Buddhist nun

姑夫 gū fu

father's sister's husband / husband of paternal aunt / uncle

容姑 róng gū

Rong Gu

姑婆 gū pó

grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law

七大姑八大姨 qī dà gū bā dà yí

distant relatives

姑嫂 gū sǎo

a woman and her brother's wife / sisters-in-law

姑嫂树 gū sǎo shù

Aunt tree

仙姑 xiān gū

female immortal / sorceress

姑丈 gū zhàng

husband of paternal aunt

姑且 gū qiě

for the time being / tentatively

姑舅 gū jiù

Uncle

舅姑 jiù gū