Chinese words starting with “gu”
53 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable gu. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 7 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial g · final u · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 11
- 3rd tone 24
- 4th tone 18
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 故事gù shìHSK 2
old practice
- 姑娘gū niangHSK 3
girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old)
- 估计gū jìHSK 5
to estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose
- 故意gù yìHSK 2
deliberately; on purpose
- 顾客gù kèHSK 2
customer; client
- 古代gǔ dàiHSK 3
ancient times
- 故乡gù xiāngHSK 3
home; homeland; native place
All 53 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 股 | gǔ | q,n | thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions | |
| 2 | 古 | gǔ | a,tg | ancient; old; paleo- | |
| 3 | 鼓励 | gǔ lì | v,vn | to encourage | |
| 4 | 股票 | gǔ piào | n | share certificate; stock (finance) | |
| 5 | 孤独 | gū dú | a,an | lonely; solitary | |
| 6 | 固定 | gù dìng | a,v,vn | to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular | |
| 7 | 孤单 | gū dān | a,an | lone; lonely; loneliness | |
| 8 | 顾问 | gù wèn | n | adviser; consultant | |
| 9 | 故障 | gù zhàng | n | malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug (in software) | |
| 10 | 骨折 | gǔ zhé | v,vn | to suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break; fracture | |
| 11 | 孤儿 | gū ér | n | orphan | |
| 12 | 股份 | gǔ fèn | n | a share (in a company); stock | |
| 13 | 股东 | gǔ dōng | n | shareholder; stockholder | |
| 14 | 古老 | gǔ lǎo | a | ancient; old; age-old | |
| 15 | 顾 | gù | v,nr | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 16 | 鼓 | gǔ | v,n,g,a | drum; to drum; to strike; to rouse; to bulge; to swell | |
| 17 | 骨头 | gǔ tou | n | bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou] | |
| 18 | 故 | gù | c,g,n | happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead | |
| 19 | 雇 | gù | v | to employ; to hire; to rent | |
| 20 | 鼓掌 | gǔ zhǎng | v | to applaud; to clap | |
| 21 | 鼓舞 | gǔ wǔ | v,vn | heartening (news); to boost (morale) | |
| 22 | 古怪 | gǔ guài | a | strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre | |
| 23 | 古典 | gǔ diǎn | b | classical | |
| 24 | 股市 | gǔ shì | n | stock market | |
| 25 | 固执 | gù zhí | a,an,v | obstinate; stubborn; to fixate on; to cling to | |
| 26 | 雇佣 | gù yōng | v,vn | to employ; to hire | |
| 27 | 雇员 | gù yuán | n | employee | |
| 28 | 孤立 | gū lì | v,a,an,ad | isolated; to isolate | |
| 29 | 顾虑 | gù lǜ | n,v | misgivings; apprehensions | |
| 30 | 古董 | gǔ dǒng | n | curio; antique | |
| 31 | 古人 | gǔ rén | n | people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person | |
| 32 | 姑姑 | gū gu | n | paternal aunt | |
| 33 | 雇主 | gù zhǔ | n | employer | |
| 34 | 辜负 | gū fù | v | to fail to live up (to expectations); unworthy (of trust); to let down; to betray (hopes); to disappoint | |
| 35 | 顾及 | gù jí | v | to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 36 | 估算 | gū suàn | v,vn | assessment; evaluation | |
| 37 | 固体 | gù tǐ | n | solid | |
| 38 | 固然 | gù rán | c | admittedly (it's true that...) | |
| 39 | 鼓动 | gǔ dòng | v,vn | to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc) | |
| 40 | 固有 | gù yǒu | b | intrinsic to sth; inherent; native | |
| 41 | 骨干 | gǔ gàn | n | diaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone | |
| 42 | 古迹 | gǔ jì | n | places of historic interest; historical sites | |
| 43 | 孤零零 | gū líng líng | z | lone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary | |
| 44 | 姑且 | gū qiě | d | for the time being; tentatively | |
| 45 | 骨气 | gǔ qì | n | unyielding character; courageous spirit; integrity; moral backbone | |
| 46 | 古今中外 | gǔ jīn zhōng wài | at all times and in all places (idiom) | ||
| 47 | 股民 | gǔ mín | n | stock investor; share trader | |
| 48 | 顾不得 | gù bu de | v | unable to change sth; unable to deal with | |
| 49 | 古朴 | gǔ pǔ | a | simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc) | |
| 50 | 顾全大局 | gù quán dà jú | v | to take the big picture into consideration (idiom); to work for the benefits of all |
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