HSK 5 · Family

姑姑 gūgu “paternal aunt” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 姑姑 means

  1. paternal aunt

Measure word 个 gè · 一个姑姑 yí ge gūgu

How to say 姑姑

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale姑gū1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own姑guneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

姑姑 in a sentence

  1. 她长得像她姑姑。

    Tā zhǎng de xiàng tā gūgu.

    She looks like her aunt.

    Sentence #4764552 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我住在我姑姑家。

    Wǒ zhù zài wǒ gūgu jiā.

    I’m staying at my aunt’s.

    Sentence #918000 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你姑姑是做什么的？

    Nǐ gūgu shì zuò shénme de?

    What does your aunt do?

    Sentence #839525 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 姑姑 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 姑 (gū) with each of its parts in a different colour
姑gūpaternal aunt
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 古old · gǔ
The character 姑 (gū) with each of its parts in a different colour
姑gūpaternal auntlight in 姑姑
  • 女woman · nǚ
  • 古old · gǔ

How to write 姑姑

姑 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

姑姑 (gūgu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 姑姑 (gūgu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 姑姑

Words with 姑

姑娘gūniang · girl姑且gūqiě · for the time being

More words: People, Body & Health

对方duìfāng · the other person对象duìxiàng · target分手fēnshǒu · to break up妇女fùnǚ · woman姑娘gūniang · girl伙伴huǒbàn · partner交往jiāowǎng · to associate with家庭jiātíng · family

FAQs

姑姑 (gūgu) means “paternal aunt”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it gūgu: gū with a 1st tone, then gu with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 姑姑 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one paternal aunt is 一个姑姑 (yí ge gūgu).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gugu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 姑姑 from the suggestions. Typing gugu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
姑姑 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.