古

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 他的性情古怪。

  Tā de xìng qíng gǔ guài

  He's a strange character.

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• 你从哪里得到这些古钱的？

  Nǐ cóng nǎ lǐ dé dào zhè xiē gǔ qián de

  Where did you get those old coins?

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• 我在名古屋读的小学。

  Wǒ zài Míng gǔ wū dú de xiǎo xué

  I went to elementary school in Nagoya.

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• 他去名古屋出差。

  Tā qù Míng gǔ wū chū chāi

  He's gone to Nagoya on business.

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Words containing 古

• 古gǔ 3ancient; old; paleo-
• 古代gǔ dài 3–4 ancient times
• 古老gǔ lǎo 3–3 → 2–3ancient; old; age-old
• 古典gǔ diǎn 3–3 → 2–3classical
• 古怪gǔ guài 3–4 strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre
• 古董gǔ dǒng 3–3 → 2–3curio; antique
• 考古kǎo gǔ 3–3 → 2–3archaeology
• 古人gǔ rén 3–2 people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person
• 古迹gǔ jì 3–4 places of historic interest; historical sites
• 古今中外gǔ jīn zhōng wài 3–1–1–4at all times and in all places (idiom)
• 古朴gǔ pǔ 3–3 → 2–3simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
• 前无古人qián wú gǔ rén 2–2–3–2(idiom) unprecedented; unheard of