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  *古* | 古* | *古
ancient / old / paleo-
HSK 3
ancient times
HSK 3
ancient / old / age-old
HSK 5
classical
HSK 6
people of ancient times / the ancients / extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis / (literary) deceased person
HSK 7-9
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
places of historic interest / historical sites / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
strange / weird / eccentric / bizarre
HSK 7-9
curio / antique
HSK 7-9
simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
HSK 7-9
old verse / Classical Chinese poem
ancient costume / period costume (in movies etc)
ancient text / antique books
Old town district / Gucheng district of Lijiang city 麗江市|丽江市, Yunnan
costume drama
Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德, Fujian
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *古* | 古* | *古
surname Gu
old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject
Guzhang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州
Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
ancient capital
then and now / ancient and modern
antiquity
ancient road / precepts of the antiquity
Guggenheim (name)
ancient country
ancient castle
old tomb (archaeology)
ancient city
old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗
guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
Cuba
guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from the guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times)
since ancient times / since times immemorial
Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
ancient book / old book
old coin
ancient character / archaic form of a Chinese character
ancient prescription
Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
antique
Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州, Sichuan
old adage; ancient teaching
interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
Gu county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
outmoded / old-fashioned / inflexible
antique / curio
archaic
seventy years old
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
Gujarat, state in west India
Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪
old Buddhist temple
Guye district of Tangshan city 唐山市, Hebei
(idiom) calm and collected; unaffected by external influences
the Koran
quaint / odd and picturesque / weird and wonderful
(literary) ancient times / in olden days
(botany) coca (source of cocaine)
ancient proverb / old saying
classical music
(Tw) old times / former times
ancient Rome
since ancient times; it has ever been the case that
antique store
ancient Greece
ancient history
Tomb Raider (computer game)
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
paleo-organism
ancient history
classical literature
Gucci (brand)
(loanword) cologne
Gucci (brand)
Gül (common female Uyghur name)
(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)
gulag (loanword)
Guye district of Tangshan city 唐山市, Hebei
(idiom) mischievously clever; whimsically quirky
ancient Babylon
Gounod (name) / Charles Gounod (1818-1893), French musician and opera composer
paleontologist; paleobiologist
Gutian county in Ningde 寧德|宁德, Fujian
sweet and sour pork / also written 咕嚕肉|咕噜肉
guru (loanword)
Ancient Greek (language)
paleoanthropology
Gujarat, state in west India
a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line
ancient civilization
Gulin county in Luzhou 瀘州|泸州, Sichuan
Gujiao, county-level city in Taiyuan 太原市, Shanxi
cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song
former residence
Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
paleography
(loanword) cocaine

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