孤 (gu1 | gu1) : orphan; isolated

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孤

gu1

gu1

[1] orphan; fatherless
[2] isolated; solitary; alone

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 8

Level: 3

Radical: 子 (#39)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

孤

This word has been viewed 8376 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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孤獨 gu1 duk6 gu1 du2 = solitary - standing alone; lonely

孤寒 gu1 hon4 gu1 han2 = [粵] miserly; not generous; penny-pinching; 慳儉. [國] lonely, poor, humble

孤立 gu1 laap6 = to isolate; isolated

孤家寡人 gu1 gaa1 gwaa2 jan4 gu1 jia1 gua3 ren2 = loner

無主孤魂 mou4 zyu2 gu1 wan4 wu2 zhu3 gu1 hun2 = without a lord or master; lonely soul

孤單單 gu1 daan1 daan1 = alone

孤零零 gu1 ling4*1 ling4*1 gu1 ling2 ling2 = lonely; solitary, all alone

孤僻 gu1 pik1 gu1 pi4 = [adj] unsociable and eccentric

孤島 gu1 dou2 gu1 dao3 = isolated region

孤苦伶仃 gu1 fu2 ling4 ding1 gu1 ku3 ling2 ding1 = orphaned and helpless; friendless and wretched

孤寒種 gu1 hon4 zung2 = a miserly person 粵

孤寒鐸 gu1 hon4 dok6 = a miser 粵

孤寒財主 gu1 hon4 coi4 zyu2 = a miserly person 粵

孤注一擲 gu1 zyu3 jat1 zaak6 = to put all one's eggs in one basket

孤伶伶 gu1 ling4*1 ling4*1 = alone, lonely 粵

孤寂 gu1 zik6 gu1 ji4 = lonely

孤兒院 gu1 ji4 jyun6*2 gu1 er2 yuan4 = an orphanage

孤陋寡聞 gu1 lau6 gwaa2 man4 gu1 lou4 gua3 wen2 = ill-informed, uneducated

孤男寡女 gu1 naam4 gwaa2 neoi5 gu1 nan2 gua3 nv3 = a male and a female together alone

孤獨症 gu1 duk6 zing3 gu1 du2 zheng4 = autism

一意孤行 jat1 ji3 gu1 hang4 yi1 yi4 gu1 xing2 = to be bent on having one's own way; stubborn in one's way

天煞孤星 tin1 saat3 gu1 sing1 = lonely forever

孤軍作戰 gu1 gwan1 zok3 zin3 gu1 jun1 zuo4 zhan4 = fight a battle all alone; fight in isolation

孤兒 gu1 ji4 gu1 er2 = orphan

勢孤力弱 sai3 gu1 lik6 joek6 shi4 gu1 li4 ruo4 = not have enough manpower and weak

孤立無援 gu1 laap6 mou4 wun4 gu1 li4 wu2 yuan2 = isolated and helpless

腳孤拐 goek3 gu1 gwaai2 jiao3 gu1 guai3 = bunion

孤單 gu1 daan1 gu1 dan1 = alone

孤苦 gu1 fu2 = alone

孤苦零丁 gu1 fu2 ling4 ding1 gu1 ku3 ling2 ding1 = alone - lonely and helpless without family or friends.

鰥寡孤獨 gwaan1 gwaa2 gu1 duk6 guan1 gua3 gu1 du2 = widowers, widows, orphans, and the childless

孤星淚 gu1 sing1 leoi6 gu1 xing1 lei4 = Les Misérables

孤孀 gu1 soeng1 gu1 shuang1 = widow

孤負 gu1 fu6 gu1 fu4 = variant of 辜負

趙氏孤兒 ziu6 si6 gu1 ji4 zhao4 shi4 gu1 er2 = The Orphan of Zhao - A historical play set in Zhou Dynasty. The Orphan was 趙文子。

Showing 1 example containing 孤

佢出名孤寒粵
He's known for being stingy.

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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.

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Decimal representation of this word: 孤
Unicode code for this character: U+5b64 (off-site link)

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