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Meaning of 古

Pinyin gǔ

Radical

口

Strokes

Definition

ancient / old

Usage

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古 [gǔ] 名 (Noun) 1. 时代久远的，过去的，与“今”相对。 Ancient times; referring to a distant past, in contrast with "now." 例: 古代; 古风 (ancient customs) 2. 古体诗的简称。 Abbreviation for ancient-style poetry. 例: 五古 (five-character ancient poetry); 七古 (seven-character ancient poetry) 3. 姓。 A surname. 古 [gǔ] 形 (Adjective) 1. 久远;古老 (ancient; age-old) Used to describe things that have existed for a very long time. 例: 古文明 (ancient civilization); 古王朝 (ancient dynasty) 2. 质朴 (simple). 例: 古穆 (simple and solemn); 古健 (simple and robust) 3. 奇特，不同凡俗;执拗 (strange). 例: 古执 (stubbornness); 古董 (a conservative person) 4. 旧，原来 (old; former). 例: 古法 (old methods); 古诗 (ancient poetry) 1. 同本义 ([En.] ancient times). 2. 古代的事物，特指先哲的遗典、道统。古代的典章、文献 ([En.] books or orthodoxies of ancient sages). 3. 古人 ([En.] the ancients). 4. 天 ([En.] Heaven). 5. 古体诗的简称 ([En.] form of pre-Tang poetry). 6. 古巴的简称 ([En.] Cuba). 7. 象声词 ([En.] onomatopoeia).

古墓 gǔ mù

old tomb (archaeology)

蒙古 Měng gǔ

Mongolia

名胜古迹 míng shèng gǔ jì

historical sites and scenic spots

古城 gǔ chéng

ancient city

古怪 gǔ guài

eccentric / grotesque / oddly / queer

古人 gǔ rén

people from ancient times / the ancients / the late (i.e. person who has passed away)

古迹 gǔ jì

places of historic interest / historical sites / CL:個|个[ge4]

自古 zì gǔ

(since) ancient times / (from) time immemorial

考古 kǎo gǔ

archaeology

古希腊 gǔ Xī là

ancient Greece

古巴 Gǔ bā

Cuba

蒙古人 Měng gǔ rén

Mongol

古称 gǔ chēng

Ancient name

古都 gǔ dū

ancient capital

考古学 kǎo gǔ xué

archaeology

唐古拉山 Táng gǔ lā shān

Dangla or Tanggula mountain range on the Qinhai-Tibet plateau

喀喇沁左翼蒙古族自治县 Kā lǎ qìn Zuǒ yì Měng gǔ zú Zì zhì xiàn

Harqin Left Mongol autonomous county in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳, Liaoning

借古喻今 jiè gǔ yù jīn

to borrow the past as a model for the present

古堡 gǔ bǎo

ancient castle

古墓群 gǔ mù qún

Tombs

博古 Bó Gǔ

Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet-trained Chinese Communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s Left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash

千古 qiān gǔ

for all eternity / throughout all ages

太古宙 Tài gǔ zhòu

Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago)

古宙 gǔ zhòu

Ancient universe

古寺 gǔ sì

an ancient temple / an old temple

古尸 gǔ shī

mummy / ancient corpse

古庙 gǔ miào

ancient temple / old temple

刁钻古怪 diāo zuān gǔ guài

cunning / queer / an eccentric person with a streak of the fox in him / sly and capricious / tricky service

古刹 gǔ chà

old Buddhist temple

拉古 lā gǔ

Raghu / Lacourt

古拙 gǔ zhuō

Gu Zhuo

古典 gǔ diǎn

classical

古典主义 gǔ diǎn zhǔ yì

classicism

内蒙古 Nèi měng gǔ

Inner Mongolia / abbr. for 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nei4 meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 qu1], Inner Mongolia autonomous region

摹古 mó gǔ

model or pattern after ancient style

古昔 gǔ xī

(literary) ancient times / in olden days

古朴 gǔ pǔ

simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)

瓦加杜古 Wǎ jiā dù gǔ

Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso

巴音郭楞蒙古自治州 Bā yīn guō léng Měng gǔ Zì zhì zhōu

Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang

古樟 gǔ zhāng

Ancient camphor

古尔班通古特沙漠 Gǔ ěr bān tōng gǔ tè Shā mò

Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang

震古烁今 zhèn gǔ shuò jīn

shaking the old and illuminating the new (idiom); surpassing the ancients and dazzling contemporaries / glorious and world-shattering

古代 gǔ dài

ancient times / olden times

仿古 fǎng gǔ

pseudo-classical / modeled on antique / in the old style

腊玛古猿 là mǎ gǔ yuán

Ramapithecus

古玩 gǔ wán

antique / curio

古琴台 gǔ qín tái

Ancient Lute Platform / Boya Platform

古今 gǔ jīn

then and now / ancient and modern

古井 gǔ jǐng

ancient well

亘古 gèn gǔ

throughout time / from ancient times (up to the present)

亘古未有 gèn gǔ wèi yǒu

unprecedented / never seen since ancient times

古筝 gǔ zhēng

zither or guzheng / large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2] during Tang and Song times

古籍 gǔ jí

ancient text / antique books

古人类 gǔ rén lèi

ancient hominid species such as Homo erectus, Neanderthal man etc

古罗马 gǔ Luó mǎ

ancient Rome

一古脑儿 yī gǔ nǎo r

variant of 一股腦兒|一股脑儿[yi1 gu3 nao3 r5]

古蔺县 Gǔ lìn xiàn

Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州[Lu2 zhou1], Sichuan

蒙古国 Měng gǔ guó

Mongolia

内蒙古自治区 Nèi měng gǔ Zì zhì qū

Inner Mongolia autonomous region, abbr. 內蒙古|内蒙古[Nei4 meng3 gu3], capital Hohhot 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4]

蒙古人种 měng gǔ rén zhǒng

Mongoloid / the Mongolian stock

蒙古高原 méng gǔ gāo yuán

Mongolian Plateau

内蒙古高原 nèi méng gǔ gāo yuán

Inner Mongolian Plateau

古训 gǔ xùn

old adage / ancient teaching

借古讽今 jiè gǔ fěng jīn

to use the past to disparage the present (idiom)

古诗 gǔ shī

old verse / Classical Chinese poem

人生自古谁无死 rén shēng zì gǔ shéi wú sǐ

Men are mortal. / Death comes to all men.

古谚 gǔ yàn

ancient proverb / old saying

年逾古稀 nián yú gǔ xī

over seventy years old

古镇 gǔ zhèn

ancient town / old town / heritage town（已列入保护项目）