姑 (gu1 | gu1) : aunt; sister-in-law

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姑

gu1

gu1

[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

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Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 女 (#38)

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

姑

This word has been viewed 16518 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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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 gu1 ma1 = aunt (father's older sister) 粵

姑娘 gu1 noeng4 gu1 niang5 = girl; maiden

鐵姑娘 tit3 gu1 noeng4 tie3 gu1 niang2 = iron lady

姑且 gu1 ce2 = temporarily

姑姑 gu1*4/1 gu1 gu1 gu5 = paternal aunt

大姑 daai6 gu1 da4 gu1 = husband's older sister; sister-in-law

姑奶奶 gu1 naai5*4 naai5*2 gu1 nai3 nai5 = (informal) father's father's sister; great aunt

姑婆 gu1 po4 = grandaunt; vulgar for menstruation 粵
See all 44 compounds (CantoDict reports 45 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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: 姑
Unicode code for this character: U+59d1 (off-site link)

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