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Information of 孤

Pinyin gū

Radical

子

Strokes

8 strokes

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Definition

lone / lonely

孤 [gū] 【Noun】 1. Orphan; a child whose father has died in childhood or both parents have died. Examples: 孤儿 (orphan), 遗孤 (orphaned child) 2. Alone; solitary. Examples: 孤单 (lonely), 孤独 (isolate) 3. Ancient emperors' self-reference. Examples: 孤家 (the lonely family), 孤王 (the lonely king) 4. An ancient synonym for 辜, meaning to betray or let down. 【Adjective】 1. Lonely; solitary; isolated; alone. Examples: 孤冷 (lonely and cold), 孤独 (lonesome) 2. Arrogant; proud. Example: 孤高 (to be proud and lofty) 3. Unique; distinctive. Examples: 孤音 (unique sound), 孤艳 (uniquely beautiful) 【Verb】 1. To betray; to let someone down; to be ungrateful. Examples: 孤负 (to betray) 2. To isolate. Example: 孤立于 (to be isolated from) 引《说文》: 孤，无父也。 (An orphan has no father.) 《礼记》: 三十以下无父称孤。 (Anyone under thirty without a father is called an orphan.) 《意识到的例子》: 孤驹 (a foal without a mother), 孤疾 (orphan and disabled person).

孤坟 gū fén

Lone grave

孤立 gū lì

isolate / isolated

孤军奋战 gū jūn fèn zhàn

lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom) / fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support

孤独 gū dú

lonely / solitary

孤零零 gū líng líng

lone / isolated and without help / all alone / solitary

孤单 gū dān

lone / lonely / loneliness

孤寂 gū jì

lonesome / desolate

孤身 gū shēn

alone / lonely

孤岛 gū dǎo

isolated island

孤身一人 gū shēn yī rén

all on one's own

孤注一掷 gū zhù yī zhì

to stake all on one throw

一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng

obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom) / willful / one's own way / dogmatic

孤苦 gū kǔ

alone and helpless

孤立无援 gū lì wú yuán

isolated and without help

孤掌难鸣 gū zhǎng nán míng

It's hard to clap with only one hand. / It takes two to tango / It's difficult to achieve anything without support.

孤陋寡闻 gū lòu guǎ wén

ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded

孤儿寡母 gū ér guǎ mǔ

Widow and orphan

独孤求败 Dú gū Qiú bài

Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] novels

孤家寡人 gū jiā guǎ rén

one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)

孤寡老人 gū guǎ lǎo rén

an elderly person of no family

孤傲 gū ào

proud and aloof

孤僻 gū pì

antisocial / reclusive / eccentric

孤苦伶仃 gū kǔ líng dīng

solitary and impoverished (idiom)

孤芳自赏 gū fāng zì shǎng

lone flower admiring itself (idiom); narcissism / self-love

苦心孤诣 kǔ xīn gū yì

to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble / to work hard at sth

孤雌生殖 gū cí shēng zhí

parthenogenesis (biol. a female reproducing without fertilization)

鳏寡孤独 guān guǎ gū dú

lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless / fig. people with no one left to rely on