姑 (gū) means Aunt. Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
那位 姑 娘很热情。
Nà wèi gūniang hěn rèqíng.
That young woman is very warm.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 姑娘
小 姑 娘唱得真好。
Xiǎo gūniang chàng de zhēn hǎo.
The little girl sings really well.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 姑娘
姑 姑 给我买了一件毛衣。
Gūgu gěi wǒ mǎi le yí jiàn máoyī.
My aunt bought me a sweater.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 姑姑
我们 姑 且相信他这一次。
Wǒmen gūqiě xiāngxìn tā zhè yí cì.
Let us take his word for it this once.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 姑且
这个问题 姑 且放一放，先做别的。
Zhège wèntí gūqiě fàng yi fàng, xiān zuò biéde.
Let's set this question aside for now and do something else first.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 姑且
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Words that contain 姑
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Questions about 姑
How is 姑 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 姑 (gū, "Aunt"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 姑 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 姑 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 姑?
The dictionary page for 姑 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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