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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
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
classical music
curio / antique
HSK 7-9
since ancient times / since times immemorial
places of historic interest / historical sites / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
ancient capital
old verse / Classical Chinese poem
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
ancient civilization
gangster / hooligan / problem youth / at-risk youth
simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
HSK 7-9
then and now / ancient and modern
ancient history
ancient city
ancient Greece
ancient castle
old tomb (archaeology)
antiquity
Cuba
costume drama
strange / weird / eccentric / bizarre
HSK 7-9
Gucci (brand)
antique / curio
guqin or qin, a long zither with seven strings, plucked with the fingers
classical music (mainly Western)
(literary) ancient times / in olden days
(idiom) mischievously clever; whimsically quirky
former residence
Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in Literary Chinese, compiled and edited by Wu Chucai and Wu Diaohou of Qing dynasty
ancient Rome
paleontologist; paleobiologist
ancient book / old book
classicists
interesting and appealing (of old locations, objects etc)
old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗
Old Towpath along the Grand Canal in Zhejiang Province
Guggenheim (name)
antique store
Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
archaic
ancient costume / period costume (in movies etc)
in ancient times / in olden days
(botany) coca (source of cocaine)
classical literature
ancient history
paleo-organism
classical language
(Tw) old times / former times
Kuching (city in Malaysia)
ancient meaning / original or etymological meaning of a word
ancient proverb / old saying
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)
Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
(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
Gucci (brand)
Gujarat, Indian state
ancient Babylon
seventy years old
Gukeng or Kukeng township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县, Taiwan
Tomb Raider (computer game)
ancient (esp. pre-Qin) pronunciation of a Chinese character / classical speech sounds
the Koran
ancient road / precepts of the antiquity
ancient human species such as Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis
paleomagnetism
(archeology) burial complex
gulag (loanword)
outmoded / old-fashioned / inflexible
Gutian, a county in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市, Fujian
Gu county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi
Guzhang, a county in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 湘西土家族苗族自治州, Hunan
Gujarat, state in west India
(loanword) cocaine
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
Gül (common female Uyghur name)
cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song
Gudong desert or Antiques desert at Han dynasty Yangguan pass 陽關|阳关, named after many Han dynasty archaeological discoveries
(name) Gujral / Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012), Indian politician, prime minister 1997–1998
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
Guta district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning
Gubo (a personal name)
(idiom) calm and collected; unaffected by external influences
ancient prescription
guru (loanword)
paleoanthropology
Palearctic realm

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