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姑娘

gū niang

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 个

姑娘 (gū niang) means "girl". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 姑娘 means

1. girl
2. young woman
3. young lady
4. daughter
5. paternal aunt (old)

The characters in 姑娘

• 姑gūpaternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 娘niángmother; young lady; (colloquial) effeminate

Example sentences

• 别对我放肆，小姑娘!
  Bié duì wǒ fàngsì, xiǎogū niáng!
  Don't get sassy with me young lady!
• 慎也娶了个漂亮姑娘。
  Shinya married a pretty girl.
• 你是世上最美的姑娘。
  You're the most beautiful girl in the world.
• 你们这些姑娘在做什么？
  Nǐmen zhèxiē gūniang zài zuò shénme?
  What are you girls doing?
• 这个岗位不合适小姑娘。
  Zhège gǎngwèi bù héshì xiǎo gūniáng.
  The job isn't suitable for young girls.
• 他娶了一个加拿大姑娘。
  He married a Canadian girl.

Words containing 姑娘

• 灰姑娘Huī gū niangCinderella; a sudden rags-to-riches celebrity
• 红姑娘hóng gū niangChinese lantern plant; winter cherry; strawberry ground-cherry
• 黄花姑娘huáng huā gū niangmaiden; virgin girl

Where 姑娘 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 niang correctly.
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