姑 gū

1. gū noun paternal aunt; father's sister
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Family , Concept: Relative 亲戚
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '姑'; Guoyu '姑' n 1; Unihan '姑')
2. gū noun sister-in-law
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '姑' n 1)
3. gū noun a woman
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '姑' n 2)
4. gū noun a nun
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 尼姑 Buddhist nun or 道姑 Daoist nun (CC-CEDICT '姑'; Guoyu '姑' n 3)
5. gū proper noun Gu
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '姑' n 4)
6. gū adverb provisionally
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 姑且 (Guoyu '姑' adv)
7. gū noun husband's mother; mother-in-law
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '姑'; Guoyu '姑' n 1; Unihan '姑')

Contained in

• 姑父 father's sister's husband; husband of paternal aunt; uncle
• 姑嫜 parents-in-law
• 姑姑 paternal aunt; aunt ; a Buddhist nun
• 姑爹 husband of father's sister; uncle
• 灰姑娘 Cinderella ; a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
• 家姑 father's sisters
• 姑息治疗(姑息治療) palliative care
• 姑子 Buddhist nun ; husband's sister ; unmarried daughter
• 姑妈(姑媽) paternal aunt; aunt
• 姑妄言之 to just talk for the sake of talking
• 尼姑 Buddhist nun
• 度姑 to doze off
• 兰屿姑婆芋(蘭嶼姑婆芋) giant taro
• 姑且 temporarily; provisionally; tentatively
• 姑息遗患(姑息遺患) to tolerate is to abet
• 姑息养奸(姑息養奸) to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer; spare the rod and spoil the child
• 妇姑勃溪(婦姑勃谿) dispute among womenfolk; family squabbles
• 姑夫 father's sister's husband; husband of paternal aunt; uncle
• 姑姥姥 mother's father's sister ; great aunt
• 大姑 father's oldest sister; husband's older sister; sister-in-law
• 翁姑 husband's father and mother
• 姑娘 girl; young woman; young lady ; a consort ; a prostitute ; paternal aunt
• 摩姑 mushroom
• 表姑 father's female cousin via female line
• 红姑娘(紅姑娘) Chinese lantern plant; winter cherry; strawberry ground-cherry; Physalis alkekengi
• 道姑 Daoist nun
• 欲取姑与(欲取姑與) to make concessions for the sake of future gains
• 村姑 village girl; country bumpkin
• 姑母 father's sister; aunt
• 师姑(師姑) a female teacher
• 姑娘家 young lady
• 三姑六婆 women with disreputable or illegal professions
• 姑奶奶 father's father's sister; great aunt
• 慈姑 arrowhead
• 黄花姑娘(黃花姑娘) maiden; virgin girl
• 仙姑 female immortal; sorceress
• 小姑 husband's younger sister; sister-in-law
• 何仙姑 He Xiangu
• 七大姑八大姨(七大姑八大姨) distant relatives
• 姑置勿论(姑置勿論) to put something aside for the time being
• 祖姑母 father's father's sister; great aunt
• 姑丈 husband of paternal aunt
• 姑婆 grandfather's sister; sister of a woman's father-in-law
• 姑爷(姑爺) son-in-law ; uncle

Also contained in

美姑河 、 姑苏 、 美姑 、 皇姑区 、 美姑县 、 皇姑 、 姑师

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• 卷三百〇二 列傳第一百九十 列女二 Volume 302 Biographies 190: Exemplary Women 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 62
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• 卷三百〇三 列傳第一百九十一 列女三 Volume 303 Biographies 191: Exemplary Women 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 32
• 卷八十四 列女傳 Volume 84: Biographies of Exemplary Women Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 29
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 25
• 卷二十　　　　　志第十　　　　禮樂十 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites and Music 10 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 24
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• 卷十一 志第一 律志序 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Lu Treatises Preface Book of Song 宋書 — count: 22
• 卷十六 志第六 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 22

Collocations

• 舅姑 (舅姑) 不敢見舅姑 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II — count: 33
• 射姑 (射姑) 曹伯使其世子射姑來朝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 20
• 姑姊妹 (姑姊妹) 及姑姊妹 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 16
• 子姑 (子姑) 子姑待之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 14
• 夜姑 (夜姑) 與公鳥之臣申夜姑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 11
• 姑卒 (姑卒) 曹伯射姑卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 7
• 祖姑 (祖姑) 其妻祔於諸祖姑 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪服小記》 Record of Small Matters in the Dress of Mourning — count: 7
• 曼姑 (曼姑) 衛石曼姑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 6
• 姑使 (姑使) 姑使無蘊乎 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 5
• 姑归 (姑歸) 姑歸息民 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5