old, classic, ancient

HSK 5 #509

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

奇 gǔ qí Gucci (brand)
朴 gǔ pǔ simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
道 gǔ dào ancient road; precepts of the antiquity
族 měng gǔ zú Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia
典文学 gǔ diǎn wén xué classical literature
生物 gǔ shēng wù paleo-organism
籍 gǔ jí ancient text; antique books
香 gǔ sè gǔ xiāng interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
训 gǔ xùn old adage; ancient teaching
怪 gǔ lǐ gǔ guài quaint; odd and picturesque; weird and wonderful
驰 gǔ chí Gucci (brand)
不化 shí gǔ bù huà to swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom); to be pedantic without having a mastery of one's subject
一失足成千恨 yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
今 gǔ jīn then and now; ancient and modern
方 gǔ fāng ancient prescription
根海姆 gǔ gēn hǎi mǔ Guggenheim (name)
生物学 gǔ shēng wù xué palaeontology
装 gǔ zhuāng ancient costume; period costume (in movies etc)
圣奥斯丁 shèng ào gǔ sī dīng St Augustine; Aurelius Augustinus (354-430), theologian and Christian philosopher; Sankt Augustin, suburb of Beuel, Bonn, Germany
shàng gǔ the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times
人心不 rén xīn bù gǔ the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
刹 gǔ chà old Buddhist temple
田 gǔ tián Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Ning2 de2], Fujian
脑儿 yī gǔ nǎo r variant of 一股腦兒|一股脑儿[yi1 gu3 nao3 r5]
仿 fǎng gǔ pseudo-classical; modeled on antique; in the old style