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[1] father's sister; aunt [2] husband's sister; sister-in-law [3] [archaic] husband's mother; mother-in-law [4] (country) girl; a general term for unmarried women [5] nun; priestess [6] tentatively; for the time being; meanwhile Default PoS: Additional PoS: Stroke count: 8
Level: 2
Radical: 女 (#38)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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阿姑 aa3 gu1 = aunt (paternal) 粵 姑姐 gu1 ze2*1 = aunt (father's younger sister) 粵 姑媽 gu1 maa1 = aunt (father's older sister) 粵 姑娘 gu1 noeng4 = girl; maiden 鐵姑娘 tit3 gu1 noeng4 = iron lady 姑且 gu1 ce2 = temporarily 姑姑 gu1*4/1 gu1 = paternal aunt 大姑 daai6 gu1 = husband's older sister; sister-in-law 姑奶奶 gu1 naai5*4 naai5*2 = (informal) father's father's sister; great aunt 姑婆 gu1 po4 = grandaunt; vulgar for menstruation 粵 姑表 gu1 biu2 = cousinship 師姑 si1 gu1 = a nun 粵 新姑爺 san1 gu1 je4 = term for the bridegroom from the point of view of the family 姑奶 gu1 naai5*1 = a young married daughter 姑太 gu1 taai3*2 = a married paternal aunt 姑丈 gu1 zoeng6*2 = uncle-in-law; paternal aunt's husband 三姑六婆 saam1 gu1 luk6 po4 = a group of gossipy women, a "sewing circle"; people who love to sow discord 小姑 siu2 gu1 = husband's younger sister; sister-in-law 尼姑 nei4 gu1 = nun 姑母 gu1 mou5 = father's sister; paternal aunt 仙姑 sin1 gu1 = female immortal; sorceress 大姑子 daai6 gu1 zi2 = husband's elder sister; sister-in-law 大姑姊 daai6 gu1 zi2*1 = term of address for an old woman 大笑姑婆 daai6 siu3 gu1 po4 = a happy and cheerful older woman who is always laughing 姑爺仔 gu1 je4 zai2 = a pimp 叫姑娘 giu3 gu1 noeng4 = to visit prostitutes 姑勿論 gu1 mat6 leon6 = putting aside tentatively 粵 北姑 bak1 gu1 = a mainland woman working in HK as a hostess 粵 北姑雞 bak1 gu1 gai1 = a mainland woman working in HK as a prostitute 粵 北姑竇 bak1 gu1 dau6 = place where mainland prostitutes look for customers in HK 粵 老姑婆 lou5 gu1 po4 = old spinster 粵 姨媽姑姐 ji4 maa1 gu1 ze2*1 = mother's and father's sisters collectively 粵 密實姑娘假正經 mat6 sat6 gu1 noeng4 gaa2 zing3 ging1 = sanctimonious 姑息 gu1 sik1 = appease, appeasement; indulge; tolerate 姑仔 gu1 zai2 = sister-in-law 粵 師姑庵 si1 gu1 am1 = nunnery; girls school 粵 姑父 gu1 fu6 = uncle-in-law; the husband of one's father's sister 姑夫 gu1 fu1 = husband of paternal aunt 道姑 dou6 gu1 = 1. a taoist nun 2. [Can.] a female drug addict 慈姑 ci4 gu1 = arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant) 姑爺 gu1 je4 = paternal grandaunt's husband 灰姑娘 fui1 gu1 noeng4 = Cinderella 問師姑攞梳 man6 si1 gu1 lo2 so1 = hopeless 粵 姑息養奸 gu1 sik1 joeng5 gaan1 = toleration nurtures evildoers |
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Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |