姑U+59D18 STROKES
Entry·pron. gū
ㄍㄨ
“Paternal aunt; husband's sister; nun; for the time being (literary); a general term for a woman.”
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女woman
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- 姑娘ㄍㄨ ˙ㄋㄧㄤgirl; young woman; young lady; daughter; (archaic) paternal aunt; (archaic) concubine; (archaic) prostitute.
- 姑姑ㄍㄨ ˙ㄍㄨpaternal aunt; father's sister; (Taiwan) a young woman; nun or Taoist nun
- 姑且ㄍㄨ ㄑㄧㄝˇfor the time being; tentatively; provisionally; as a temporary measure
- 小姑娘ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨ ˙ㄋㄧㄤlittle girl; young unmarried woman
- 姑媽ㄍㄨ ㄇㄚfather's sister; aunt
- 尼姑ㄋㄧˊ ㄍㄨBuddhist nun; woman who has taken religious vows
- 小姑ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄨhusband's younger sister; father's youngest sister; young girl; young female priestess
- 灰姑娘ㄏㄨㄟ ㄍㄨ ㄋㄧㄤˊCinderella; European folk tale of a mistreated girl who rises to fortune; a plain girl transformed into someone admired
- 姑息ㄍㄨ ㄒㄧˊto appease; to indulge; to be overly lenient; to compromise unprincipledly for temporary peace
- 師姑ㄕ ㄍㄨBuddhist nun
- 姑丈ㄍㄨ ㄓㄤˋhusband of paternal aunt; uncle by marriage (father's sister's husband).
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