姑且

姑且 gūqiě in a sentence

The time being (at the same time - temporarily - for the moment)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

姑且 (gūqiě) means The time being (at the same time - temporarily - for the moment). Below are 2 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

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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Questions about 姑且

How is 姑且 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 姑且 (gūqiě, "The time being (at the same time - temporarily - for the moment)"), 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.

Is 姑且 an HSK word?

Yes — 姑且 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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The dictionary page for 姑且 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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