顾 (顧)

  1. verb to look after; to attend to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '顧' 2; Unihan '顧')
  2. verb to look back
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 回头 (Guoyu '顧' v 1; Kroll 2015 '顧' 1; Unihan '顧')
  3. verb to look at
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 看; for example, 左顾右盼 'looking to the left and glancing to the right' (Guoyu '顧' v 2; Kroll 2015 '顧' 1a)
  4. verb to pay close attention to; to contemplate; to consider
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 关注 (Guoyu '顧' v 4; Kroll 2015 '顧' 2a)
  5. verb to attend; to be present at
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '顧' 2b)
  6. verb to inquire after; to call on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 拜访 (Guoyu '顧' v 3; Kroll 2015 '顧' 3)
  7. adverb contrary
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 反而 (Guoyu '顧' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '顧' 4)
  8. adverb how could it be that?; not surprisingly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 豈 or 难道 (Guoyu '顧' adv 1; Kroll 2015 '顧' 5)
  9. conjunction but; however
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 不过 or 但是 (Guoyu '顧' conj 1)
  10. proper noun Gu
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '顧' n)

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