姑

gū

Meanings

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gū

1.paternal aunt
2.husband's sister
3.husband's mother (old)
4.nun
5.for the time being (literary)

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Wiktionary

1.father's sister
2.husband's sister
3.husband's mother
4.woman
5.nun
6.mole cricket
7.tentatively
8.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kaː): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ) – a type of woman (aunt, mother-in-law).

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Components

姑女古

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Related words

姑娘 girl 姑姑 paternal aunt 姑且 for the time being; tentatively 姑婆 grandfather's sister 度姑 (Tw) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])小姑 father's youngest sister 姑父 father's sister's husband; husband of paternal aunt; uncle 表姑 father's female cousin via female line 姑子 husband's sister 翁姑 husband's father and mother 姑爹 husband of father's sister 仙姑 female immortal