姑 meaning and pronunciation

Simplified/traditional character

姑 English definition

  • paternal aunt
  • husband's sister
  • husband's mother (old)
  • nun
  • for the time being (literary)

HSK levels


Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : (gu4) old; second-hand (clothes); (gu1) estimate;
  • : crying sound of child;
  • : (onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc;
  • : lone; lonely;
  • : wheel;
  • : to buy; to sell;
  • : name of a river;
  • : hoop; to bind with hoops;
  • : (bamboo); trumpet for chariots;
  • : large fishing net;
  • : mushroom;
  • : Zizania latifolia; mushroom;
  • : goblet; rule; law;
  • : big bone;
  • : wheel; to roll;
  • : crime; sin;
  • : to deal in liquors;
  • : partridge; Francolinus chinensis;

Words containing 姑, by HSK level