姑
gū HSK3

father's sister

姑 gū
husband's mother noun
the mother of one's husband, used in literary or archaic contexts

她对翁姑十分孝顺。

tā duì wēng gū shí​fēn xiào​shùn.

She is very filial to her parents-in-law.

husband's sister noun
the sister of one's husband

我大姑子说明天要带着她的孩子来家里吃午饭。

wǒ dà gū zi shuō míng​tiān yào dài zhe tā de hái​zi lái jiā​lǐ chī wǔ​fàn.

My sister-in-law said she is bringing her children over for lunch tomorrow.

nun noun
a female religious practitioner, especially a Buddhist nun

那位道姑在山顶的道观里修行多年。

nà wèi dào gū zài shān​dǐng de dào​guàn lǐ xiū​xíng duō nián.

That Taoist nun has been practicing in the temple on the mountaintop for many years.

paternal aunt noun
the sister of one's father

我大姑常带些好吃的点心来看奶奶。

wǒ dà gū cháng dài xiē hǎo​chī de diǎn​xin lái kàn nǎi​nai.

My eldest aunt often brings delicious snacks to visit Grandma.

temporarily adverb
for the time being; tentatively or provisionally

这件事姑且先放一放。

zhè jiàn shì gū qiě xiān fàng yī fàng.

Let's set this matter aside for the time being.

Frequency
Character
Written text
994th most common 163.5 per million
Movie subtitles
929th most common 120.4 per million appears in 34% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.58 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
9.22 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+59D1

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)