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古

gǔ

old, classic, ancient

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5
Radical
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3
Tone
3

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Example sentences

  • 他的性情古怪。

    Tā de xìng qíng gǔ guài

    He's a strange character.

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  • 你从哪里得到这些古钱的?

    Nǐ cóng nǎ lǐ dé dào zhè xiē gǔ qián de

    Where did you get those old coins?

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  • 我在名古屋读的小学。

    Wǒ zài Míng gǔ wū dú de xiǎo xué

    I went to elementary school in Nagoya.

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  • 他去名古屋出差。

    Tā qù Míng gǔ wū chū chāi

    He's gone to Nagoya on business.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 古

  • 古gǔ 3ancient; old; paleo-
  • 古代gǔ dài 3–4 ancient times
  • 古老gǔ lǎo 3–3 → 2–3ancient; old; age-old
  • 古典gǔ diǎn 3–3 → 2–3classical
  • 古怪gǔ guài 3–4 strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre
  • 古董gǔ dǒng 3–3 → 2–3curio; antique
  • 考古kǎo gǔ 3–3 → 2–3archaeology
  • 古人gǔ rén 3–2 people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person
  • 古迹gǔ jì 3–4 places of historic interest; historical sites
  • 古今中外gǔ jīn zhōng wài 3–1–1–4at all times and in all places (idiom)
  • 古朴gǔ pǔ 3–3 → 2–3simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
  • 前无古人qián wú gǔ rén 2–2–3–2(idiom) unprecedented; unheard of