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# gu

«gu» in Mova's school dictionary: **not an English word** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

fragment; (Mandarin, pinyin) syllable

### meaning for a pupil

1) Gu on its own is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/#m1)

2) (Mandarin, pinyin) gu is a syllable with many meanings by tone: gǔ means old or ancient, bone, or drum; gū means aunt (father's sister); gù means reason or so. It sounds like goo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/#m2)

3) Gu can be part of a name (a surname, Gu). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/#m3)

4) It may be a fragment cut from a longer word such as gum or guide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/#m4)

5) Gu is also used in some place names, such as Ryn Gu, the name of a realm in a story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons on Mandarin heard on the street it appears in words like gǔdài (ancient times) and gūgu (aunt). In English texts it is usually a fragment or a name.

### examples

- Gu is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/#x1)
- In Mandarin, gǔ can mean drum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/#x2)
- Gūgu is how a Chinese child says auntie on her father's side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/#x3)
- Gu sounds like goo to an English ear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/#x4)
- Mr Gu is our new maths teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/#x5)
- The word got cut and only gu was left on the page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/#x6)
- But the Mikoto soon remembered what had brought him to Ryn Gu, and said to his host: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/#x7)

### note

Not English. In Mandarin the tone changes the meaning: gū, gú, gǔ, gù are different words. As a surname it is a name; nothing more is known.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gu» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gu/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.