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孤

gū

HSK 6 Character

What 孤 means

1. lone
2. lonely

Example sentences

• 我很孤单。
  I'm lonely.
• 我好孤单。
  I am so lonely.
• 他孤身一人。
  He was alone.
• 汤姆是孤儿。
  Tom is an orphan.
• 汤姆很孤独。
  Tom's lonely.
• 我觉得很孤独。
  I felt lonely.

Words starting with 孤

• 孤单gū dānlone; lonely; loneliness
• 孤独gū dúlonely; solitary
• 孤立gū lìto isolate; isolated; unrelated; irrelevant
• 孤儿gū érorphan
• 孤零零gū líng línglone; isolated and without help; all alone
• 孤寂gū jìlonesome; desolate
• 孤岛gū dǎoisolated island
• 孤僻gū pìunsociable; withdrawn; reclusive
• 孤儿院gū ér yuànorphanage; child asylum
• 孤身gū shēnalone; lonely
• 孤傲gū àoproud and aloof
• 孤陋寡闻gū lòu guǎ wénignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
• 孤山gū shānisolated peak
• 孤注一掷gū zhù yī zhìto stake all on one throw
• 孤苦伶仃gū kǔ líng dīngsolitary and impoverished (idiom)
• 孤立无援gū lì wú yuánisolated and without help
• 孤家寡人gū jiā guǎ rénone who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path…
• 孤军奋战gū jūn fèn zhànlit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom); fig. (of a person or group of people)…
• 孤例gū lìisolated case; sole instance
• 孤子gū zǐorphan; fatherless son
• 孤征gū zhēngto act on one's own; to fight alone
• 孤绝gū juéisolated; solitary
• 孤老gū lǎosolitary old man or woman; regular patron (at brothels)
• 孤证gū zhèngsole evidence

Words containing 孤

• 一意孤行yī yì gū xíngobstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful; one's own way
• 遗孤yí gūorphan
• 独孤Dú gūtwo-character surname Dugu
• 独孤求败Dú gū Qiú bàiDugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸
• 生态孤岛shēng tài gū dǎoinsularization (as a threat to biodiversity)
• 肚孤dù gū(Taiwan) to doze off (from Taiwanese 盹龜, Tai-lo pr. [tuh-ku])
• 脚孤拐jiǎo gū guaibunion; hallux valgus
• 藐孤miǎo gūsmall orphan
• 天煞孤星tiān shà gū xīngbane of others' existence
• 鳏寡孤独guān guǎ gū dú(lit.) widowers, widows, orphans and the childless (idiom)…
• 苦心孤诣kǔ xīn gū yìto make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble; to work hard at sth

Characters built on 瓜

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

• 弧húarc
• 狐húfox
• 呱gūused in 呱呱; Taiwan pr. wā
• 觚gūgoblet; rule; law
• 瓠hùgourd

Characters that look like 孤

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

• 络luònet-like object; to hold sth in place with a net; to wind
• 抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up; to resist; to withstand; to be equal to…
• 弧húarc
• 狐húfox
• 胍guāguanidine
• 瓯ōu(pottery) bowl or drinking vessel

Sounds the same

Read gū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 估to estimate
• 姑paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old)
• 辜crime; sin
• 骨used in 骨碌碌; used in 骨碌; used in 骨朵
• 菇(bound form) mushroom
• 箍hoop; to bind with hoops
• 咕(onomatopoeia) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
• 沽to buy; to sell
• 呱used in 呱呱; Taiwan pr. wā
• 毂used in 毂辘
• 鸪partridge; Francolinus chinensis
• 轱used in 轱辘