old, classic, ancient

HSK 5 #509

DEFINITIONS

古 gǔ
  • surname Gu
  • ancient
  • old
  • paleo-

STROKES

WORDS

gèn gǔ throughout time; from ancient times (up to the present)
玩 gǔ wán antique; curio
屋 míng gǔ wū Nagoya, city in Japan
人 měng gǔ rén Mongol
旧 gǔ jiù archaic
拉 dé gǔ lā Dracula, novel by Bram Stoker; Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476), nicknamed Vlad the Impaler or Dracula
语 gǔ yǔ ancient language; old expression
斯塔 ào gǔ sī tǎ Augusta (place name: capital of Maine, city in Georgia etc)
堡 gǔ bǎo ancient castle
zì gǔ (since) ancient times; (from) time immemorial
生物学家 gǔ shēng wù xué jiā palaeontologist; paleobiologist
罗马 gǔ luó mǎ ancient Rome
文 gǔ wén old language; the Classics; Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose; Classical Chinese as a school subject
时 gǔ shí antiquity
书 gǔ shū ancient book; old book
力 zhū gǔ lì chocolate (loanword); CL:塊|块[kuai4]
以来 zì gǔ yǐ lái since ancient times
zuò gǔ to die; to pass away
qiān gǔ for all eternity; throughout all ages
往今来 gǔ wǎng jīn lái since ancient times; since times immemorial
时候 gǔ shí hou in ancient times; in olden days
兰经 gǔ lán jīng Koran (Islamic scripture); Quran
zhōng gǔ Sino-Cuban; China-Cuba; medieval; Middle Ages; Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties; Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English); used; second-hand
拉格 gǔ lā gé gulag
pán gǔ Pangu (creator of the universe in Chinese mythology)