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姑姑

gū gu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 个

姑姑 (gū gu) means "paternal aunt". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 姑姑 means

1. paternal aunt

The characters in 姑姑

• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)

Example sentences

• 她长得像她姑姑。
  She resembles her aunt.
• 我住在我姑姑家。
  I'm staying at my aunt's.
• 你姑姑是做什么的？
  Nǐ gūgu shì zuò shénmede?
  What does your aunt do?
• 我姑姑给了我一本相簿。
  Wǒ gūgu gěi le wǒ yī běn xiàngbù.
  My aunt gave me an album.
• 我姑姑给了我一本集邮册。
  My aunt gave me an album.
• 我姑姑做了一条新裙子给我。
  Wǒ gūgu zuò le yī tiáo xīn qúnzi gěi wǒ.
  My aunt made a new skirt for me.

Where 姑姑 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Family Relationships & Marriage (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gū gu correctly.
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