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固

gù

HSK 5 Character

What 固 means

1. hard
2. strong
3. solid
4. sure
5. assuredly
6. undoubtedly
7. of course
8. indeed
9. admittedly

Example sentences

• 她很固执。
  Tā hěn gùzhí.
  She's very obstinate.
• 友谊永固。
  We'll be friends forever.
• 人固有一死。
  Rén gù yǒu yī sǐ.
  All shall die.
• 我的胆固醇很高。
  Wǒ de dǎngùchún hěn gāo.
  My cholesterol is high.
• 那是个坚固的栏杆。
  Nàshi gè jiāngù de lángān.
  This is a sturdy handrail.
• 水结冰后成为固体。
  Shuǐ jiébīng hòu chéngwéi gùtǐ.
  Water becomes solid when it freezes.

Words starting with 固

• 固定gù dìngto fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place
• 固体gù tǐsolid
• 固然gù ránadmittedly (it's true that...)
• 固执gù zhíobstinate; stubborn; to fixate on
• 固有gù yǒuintrinsic to sth; inherent; native
• 固定资产gù dìng zī chǎnfixed assets
• 固守gù shǒuto strongly defend one's position; to be entrenched; to cling to
• 固化gù huàto solidify; to harden; (fig.) to make permanent; to become fixed
• 固件gù jiàn(computing) firmware
• 固态gù tàisolid state (physics)
• 固网gù wǎng(telecommunications) fixed network; landline (abbr. for 固定网络
• 固话gù huàfixed-line telephone; landline telephone (abbr. for 固定电话
• 固原市Gù yuán ShìGuyuan, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 宁夏回族自治区
• 固定点gù dìng diǎnfixed point; calibration point
• 固形物gù xíng wùsolid particles in liquid
• 固形量gù xíng liàng(Taiwan) (on packaging) drained weight
• 固执己见gù zhí jǐ jiànto persist in one's views
• 固定收入gù dìng shōu rùfixed income
• 固定电话gù dìng diàn huàfixed-line telephone; landline telephone
• 固网电信gù wǎng diàn xìnlandline (fixed-line) telecommunications
• 固体物理gù tǐ wù lǐsolid state physics
• 固体食物gù tǐ shí wùsolid foods; solids
• 固定型思维gù dìng xíng sī wéifixed mindset (as opposed to growth mindset)
• 固穷gù qióngto endure poverty stoically

Words containing 固

• 巩固gǒng gùto consolidate; to strengthen; firm; solid; stable
• 凝固níng gùto freeze; to solidify; to congeal
• 顽固wán gùstubborn; obstinate
• 牢固láo gùfirm; secure
• 坚固jiān gùfirm; firmly; hard
• 根深蒂固gēn shēn dì gùdeep-rooted (problem etc)
• 稳固wěn gùstable; steady; firm
• 胆固醇dǎn gù chúncholesterol
• 加固jiā gùto reinforce (a structure); to strengthen
• 保固bǎo gùto undertake to rectify any deficiencies in the quality of a building, product or…
• 班固Bān GùBan Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han…
• 险固xiǎn gù(of terrain) rugged, providing a natural barrier to invasion
• 坚固性jiān gù xìngfirmness
• 西固区Xī gù QūXigu, a district of Lanzhou City 兰州市
• 择善固执zé shàn gù zhíto choose what is good and hold fast to it (idiom)
• 泰卢固语Tài lú gù yǔTelugu or Telegu, the official language of Andhra Pradesh, India
• 防风固沙fáng fēng gù shāsand break (in desert environment)
• 抗核加固kàng hé jiā gùnuclear hardening
• 深闭固拒shēn bì gù jùdeep, closed and refusing (idiom); obstinate; stubborn and perverse
• 巧固球qiǎo gù qiútchoukball (loanword)
• 城固县Chéng gù XiànChenggu, a county in Hanzhong City 汉中市
• 勃固Bó gùPegu city in south Myanmar (Burma)
• 勃固河Bó gù HéPegu River of south central Myanmar (Burma)
• 勃固山脉Bó gù shān màiPegu Yoma (mountain range) of south central Myanmar (Burma), separating Irrawaddy and…

Characters built on 古

These share the phonetic component 古 (gǔ), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 估gūto estimate
• 居jūto reside; to be (in a certain position); to store up
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship; pain
• 胡húnon-Han people, esp. from central Asia; reckless; outrageous
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 辜gūcrime; sin
• 枯kū(of plants) withered; (of wells, rivers etc) dried up; (bound form) dull; boring

Characters that look like 固

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 图túdiagram; picture; drawing
• 园yuánland used for growing plants; site used for public recreation…
• 闹nàonoisy; cacophonous; to make noise
• 闺guīsmall arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 囤dùnbin for grain
• 囿yòupark; to limit; be limited to

Sounds the same

Read gù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 顾to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to
• 故happening; instance; reason
• 雇to employ; to hire; to rent
• 估used in 估衣
• 锢obstinate disease; to restrain; to stop
• 梏braces (med.); fetters; manacles
• 痼obstinate disease; (of passion, hobbies) long-term
• 崮steep-sided flat-topped mountain; mesa; (element in mountain names)
• 凅dried up; dry; exhausted
• 堌place name
• 牿shed or pen for cattle
• 鲴Xenocypris, genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia