孤軍〔-军〕 gu1 gwan1 {gū jūn}Alone (army) | CCY | |
孤拔 gu1 bat6 {Gū bá}Amédée Courbet (1826-1885), a French admiral who won a series of important land and naval victories during the Tonkin campaign and the Sino-French War | CC | |
孤膽〔-胆〕 gu1 daam2 {gū dǎn}- solitary hero
- maverick
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孤單〔-单〕 gu1 daan1 {gū dān}- lone
- lonely
- loneliness
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孤島〔-岛〕 gu1 dou2 {gū dǎo}isolated island | CC | |
孤獨〔-独〕 gu1 duk6 {gū dú}- lonely
- solitary
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孤高 gu1 gou1 {gū gāo}arrogant | CC | |
孤寡 gu1 gwaa2 {gū guǎ}- orphans and widows
- to be lonely
- loneliness
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孤拐 gu1 gwaai2 {gū guǎi}- cheekbone
- ankle
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孤寒 gu1 hon4 {gū hán}- alone and poor
- humble
- (Cantonese) miserly
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孤兒〔-儿〕 gu1 ji4 {gū ér}orphan | CC | |
孤孑 gu1 kit3 {gū jié}- lonesome
- solitary
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孤立 gu1 laap6 {gū lì}- isolate
- isolated
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孤陋 gu1 lau6 {gū lòu}- ignorant
- ill-informed
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孤老 gu1 lou5 {gū lǎo}- solitary old man or woman
- regular patron (at brothels)
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孤傲 gu1 ngou6 {gū ào}proud and aloof | CC | |
孤鳥〔-鸟〕 gu1 niu5 {gū niǎo}- lone bird
- marginalized (country, person etc)
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孤僻 gu1 pik1 {gū pì}- antisocial
- reclusive
- eccentric
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孤山 gu1 saan1 {Gū Shān}Solitary Hill, located in West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province | CC | |
孤山 gu1 saan1 {gū shān}isolated peak | CC | |
孤身 gu1 san1 {gū shēn}- alone
- lonely
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孤孀 gu1 soeng1 {gū shuāng}widow | CC | |
孤魂 gu1 wan4 {gū hún}lonely soul | CC | |
孤子 gu1 zi2 {gū zǐ}- orphan
- fatherless son
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孤寂 gu1 zik6 {gū jì}- lonesome
- desolate
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孤征 gu1 zing1 {gū zhēng}- to act on one's own
- to fight alone
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孤絕〔-绝〕 gu1 zyut6 {gū jué}- isolated
- solitary
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孤單單〔-单单〕 gu1 daan1 daan1 {gū dān dān}adj; alone or lonely | CCY | |
孤寒鐸〔--铎〕 gu1 hon4 dok6 {gū hán duó}an extremely stingy and selfish person; a miser | CCY | |
孤寒鬼 gu1 hon4 gwai2 {gū hán guǐ}adj; stingy, reluctant to spend money | CCY | |
孤寒種〔--种〕 gu1 hon4 zung2 {gū hán zhǒng}a very stingy person | CCY | |
孤兒仔〔-儿-〕 gu1 ji4 zai2 {gū ér zǐ}Orphans | CCY | |
孤伶伶 gu1 ling1 ling1 {gū līng līng}all alone | CCY | |
孤星淚〔--泪〕 gu1 sing1 leoi6 {gū xīng lèi}Les Miserables | CCY | |
孤獨症〔-独-〕 gu1 duk6 zing3 {gū dú zhèng}autism | CC | |
孤兒藥〔-儿药〕 gu1 ji4 joek6 {gū ér yào}orphan drug | CC | |
孤兒院〔-儿-〕 gu1 ji4 jyun2 {gū ér yuàn}- orphanage
- child asylum
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孤立子 gu1 laap6 zi2 {gū lì zǐ}soliton (physics) | CC | |
孤零零 gu1 ling4 ling4 {gū líng líng}- lone
- isolated and without help
- all alone
- solitary
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孤鸞年〔-鸾-〕 gu1 lyun4 nin4 {gū luán nián}inauspicious year for marriage | CC | |
孤沙錐〔--锥〕 gu1 saa1 zeoi1 {gū shā zhuī}(Chinese bird species) solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria) | CC | |
孤軍作戰〔-军-战〕 gu1 gwan1 zok3 zin3 {gū jūn zuò zhàn}Fighting alone | CCY | |
孤寒財主〔--财-〕 gu1 hon4 coi4 zyu2 {gū hán cái zhu}noun; miserly old man, Scrooge | CCY | |
孤注一擲〔---掷〕 gu1 zyu3 jat1 zaak6 {gūzhùyīzhì}(idiom) To put all someone's has in the last change (to neither success nor loss) | CCY | |
孤雌生殖 gu1 ci1 sang1 zik6 {gū cí shēng zhí}parthenogenesis (biol. a female reproducing without fertilization) | CC | |
孤膽英雄〔-胆--〕 gu1 daam2 jing1 hung4 {gū dǎn yīng xióng}- solitary hero
- maverick
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孤獨於世〔-独于-〕 gu1 duk6 jyu1 sai3 {gū dú yú shì}alone in the world (idiom) | CC | |
孤芳自賞〔---赏〕 gu1 fong1 zi6 soeng2 {gū fāng zì shǎng}- lone flower admiring itself (idiom); narcissism
- self-love
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孤苦伶仃 gu1 fu2 ling4 ding1 {gū kǔ líng dīng}solitary and impoverished (idiom) | CC | |
孤家寡人 gu1 gaa1 gwaa2 jan4 {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)
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孤軍奮戰〔-军奋战〕 gu1 gwan1 fan5 zin3 {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
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孤孑特立 gu1 kit3 dak6 laap6 {gū jié tè lì}to be all alone in the world | CC | |
孤立無援〔--无-〕 gu1 laap6 mou4 wun4 {gū lì wú yuán}isolated and without help | CC | |
孤立子波 gu1 laap6 zi2 bo1 {gū lì zǐ bō}instanton (math.) | CC | |
孤陋寡聞〔---闻〕 gu1 lau6 gwaa2 man4 {gū lòu guǎ wén}- ignorant and inexperienced
- ill-informed and narrow-minded
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孤身隻影〔--只-〕 gu1 san1 zek3 jing2 {gū shēn zhī yǐng}- lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company
- to be all alone (idiom)
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孤證不立〔-证--〕 gu1 zing3 bat1 laap6 {gū zhèng bù lì}unacceptable as uncorroborated evidence (in law or in textual criticism) | CC | |
孤掌難鳴〔--难鸣〕 gu1 zoeng2 naan4 ming4 {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.
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孤注一擲〔---掷〕 gu1 zyu3 jat1 zaak6 {gū zhù yī zhì}to stake all on one throw | CC | |