姑

gū

“Paternal aunt” in Chinese is 姑 (gū).

Other characters with the syllable gu: see all 15 →

Meaning

paternal aunt
husband's sister
nun

Show 2 more meanings

husband's mother (old)
for the time being (literary)

Example

在面包房工作的姑娘很可爱。

The girl who works at the bakery is cute.

From 姑娘 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Words containing 姑

姑娘gūnianggirlHSK 3 姑姑gūgupaternal auntHSK 6

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