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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *古* | 古* | *古
ancient / old / paleo-
HSK 3
ancient times
HSK 3
people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person
HSK 7-9
ancient / old / age-old
HSK 5
classical
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *古* | 古* | *古
surname Gu
since ancient times / since times immemorial
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
Tomb Raider (computer game)
classical music
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
ancient text / antique books
places of historic interest / historical sites / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
curio / antique
HSK 7-9
the Koran
(loanword) cologne
old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗
ancient capital
guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times)
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
ancient civilization
gangster / hooligan / problem youth / at-risk youth
then and now / ancient and modern
ancient history
ancient city
costume drama
ancient castle
old tomb (archaeology)
classical literature
old verse / Classical Chinese poem
classical music (mainly Western)
ancient Greece
simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
HSK 7-9
palaeontology
Cuba
strange / weird / eccentric / bizarre
HSK 7-9
Gucci (brand)
antiquity
ancient language / old expression
antique / curio
(idiom) mischievously clever; whimsically quirky
guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
(literary) ancient times / in olden days
Ancient Greek (language)
Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州, Sichuan
ancient country
ancient proverb / old saying
former residence
in ancient times / in olden days
classicists
interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
Old Towpath along the Grand Canal in Zhejiang Province
ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis
a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line
Guggenheim (name)
antique store
ancient costume / period costume (in movies etc)
Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
(botany) coca (source of cocaine)
ancient history
paleoclimatology
(Islam) Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
archaic
paleo-organism
old adage; ancient teaching
(Tw) old times / former times
since ancient times; it has ever been the case that
paleoanthropology
ancient character / archaic form of a Chinese character
quaint / odd and picturesque / weird and wonderful
Old town district / Gucheng district of Lijiang city 麗江市|丽江市, Yunnan
(Tw) traditional style; old-fashioned feel; flavor of yesteryear
António Guterres (1949-), secretary-general of the United Nations (2017-), prime minister of Portugal (1995-2002)
ancient meaning / original or etymological meaning of a word
Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
Gulang, a county in Wuwei City 武威市, Gansu
(name) Gutenberg / Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400–1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press / Beno Gutenberg (1889–1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale
seventy years old
(idiom) calm and collected; unaffected by external influences
bronze color
Guzhang, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州, Hunan
classical language
Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
Gucci (brand)
ancient road / precepts of the antiquity
paleomagnetism
(archeology) burial complex
gulag (loanword)
paleography
outmoded / old-fashioned / inflexible
ancient Rome
Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州, Sichuan
Gutian, a county in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市, Fujian
antique ink slab / CL:
Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙, collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话 tales published in 1620

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