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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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| This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 and last edited on 11th Nov 2008 | |
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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
姑爺
gu1 je4*1 = father's father's sister's husband; paternal grandaunt's husband
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 auntSee all 35 compounds |
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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. |
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Decimal representation of this word: 姑
Unicode code for this character: U+59d1 (off-site link)
[big][url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/954/]姑[/url][/big]
HTML Code to link to this word:
<a href="http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/954/" class="chinesemed" target="_blank">姑</a>
Decimal representation of this word: 姑
Unicode code for this character: U+59d1 (off-site link)
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