古 (gu2 | gu3) : ancient; old; a surname

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古

gu2

gu3

[1] [adj] ancient; old; classic | [Ant] 今
[2] [n] ancient times/things; antiquity
[3] [n] a Chinese surname

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Stroke count: 5

Level: 1

Radical: 口 (#30)

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

古

Don't confuse with:
吉告

This word has been viewed 17827 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 1st Jan 2015 13:38

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古老 gu2 lou5 gu3 lao3 = [1] ancient; [2] old-fashioned

古怪 gu2 gwaai3 gu3 guai4 = peculiar; strange; eccentric

古仔 gu2 zai2 = story 粵

朱古力 zyu1 gu2*1 lik6*1 = chocolate 粵

講古仔 gong2 gu2 zai2 = to tell a story / stories 粵

自古 zi6 gu2 zi4 gu3 = from time immemorial; since ancient times

古人 gu2 jan4 = people from ancient times

古老石山 gu2 lou5 sek6 saan1 = old-fashioned

熱朱古力 jit6 zyu1 gu2*1 lik6*1 re4 zhu1 gu3 li4 = hot chocolate 粵

古井無波 gu2 zeng2 mou4 bo1 = loss of sexual desire
See all 138 compounds (CantoDict reports 143 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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一隻古靈精怪嘅動物粵
A weird and imaginative animal.

漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。國
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.

通常會喺博物館搵到古董粵
Antiques can usually be found in museums.

要唔要加$5換朱古力?
Do you want to pay $5 to get a chocolate?
[note the absent character 購 from 換購]

要唔要加$5換購朱古力?
Do you want to pay $5 to get a chocolate?

呢隻古仔好㜺鬼粵
This story is really interesting.

考古學係一門研究人類文化同歷史嘅學科粵
Archeology is a science that studies human cultures and history

古典音樂我比較鐘意長笛獨奏粵
As far as classical music is concerned, I prefer solo flute.
[Lit. classical music, I comparatively like flute solo ]

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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.

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Decimal representation of this word: 古
Unicode code for this character: U+53e4 (off-site link)

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