HSK 6 · Function Words

姑且 gūqiě “for the time being” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 姑且 means

  1. for the time being
  2. tentatively

How to say 姑且

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale且qiě3rd tone, dipping

姑且 in a sentence

  1. 我们姑且认为它是对的。

    Wǒmen gūqiě rènwéi tā shì duì de.

    Let’s assume it’s correct for now.

    Sentence #13998065 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 姑且 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 且 (qiě) with each of its parts in a different colour
且qiěand
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 一one · yī

How to write 姑且

姑 8 strokes · 且 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 姑且

Words with 姑

姑姑gūgu · paternal aunt姑娘gūniang · girl

Words with 且

而且érqiě · moreover并且bìngqiě · and暂且zànqiě · for the time being况且kuàngqiě · moreover尚且shàngqiě · even

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反之fǎnzhī · conversely公然gōngrán · openly归根到底guīgēndàodǐ · in the final analysis过于guòyú · excessively固然gùrán · admittedly嗨hāi · hi毫无háowú · not at all呵hē · to breathe out

FAQs

姑且 (gūqiě) means “for the time being” or “tentatively”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gūqiě: gū with a 1st tone, then qiě with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 姑且 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guqie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 姑且 from the suggestions. Typing guqie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
姑且 is an HSK 6 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.