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孤儿

gū ér

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 孤兒

孤儿 (gū ér) means "orphan". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 孤儿 means

1. orphan

The characters in 孤儿

• 孤gūlone; lonely
• 儿érchild; son

Example sentences

• 汤姆是孤儿。
  Tom is an orphan.
• 他十岁时成了孤儿。
  He became an orphan when he was ten.
• 他们收养了那个孤儿。
  Tāmen shōuyǎng le nàge gū'ér.
  They adopted the orphan.
• 十岁时他就成了孤儿。
  He became an orphan when he was ten.
• 玛丽三岁时便成了孤儿。
  Mary was orphaned when she was three.
• 孤儿们被带到这间育幼院。
  Gū'ér men bèi dài dào zhè jiān yùyòuyuàn.
  The orphans were taken to the orphanage.

Words starting with 孤儿

• 孤儿院gū ér yuànorphanage; child asylum
• 孤儿药gū ér yàoorphan drug

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