gù 
		happening
instance
reason
cause
intentional
former
old
friend
therefore
hence
(of people) to die, dead
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gù 
		hard
strong
solid
sure
assuredly
undoubtedly
of course
indeed
admittedly
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gù 
		to employ
to hire
to rent
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gǔ 
		share
portion
part
thigh
classifier for smells, electric currents, spirals etc
whiff
low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gǔ 
		cobalt (chemistry)
Taiwan pr. [gu1]
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gǔ 
		drum
CL:通[tong4],面[mian4]
to drum
to strike
to rouse
to bulge
to swell
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gù 
		old
second-hand (clothes)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gù 
		to look after
to take into consideration
to attend to
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gū 
		paternal aunt
husband's sister
husband's mother (old)
nun
for the time being (literary)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gǔ 
		arch. legendary venomous insect
to poison
to bewitch
to drive to insanity
to harm by witchcraft
intestinal parasite
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bó gǔ 
		Bo Gu (1907-1946), Soviet trained Chinese communist, journalist and propagandist, 1930s left adventurist, subsequently rehabilitated, killed in air crash
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gū 
		(onom.) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Gū 
		abbr. for Tianjin 天津 (also 津沽)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gū 
		partridge
Francolinus chinensis
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gū 
		Zizania latifolia
mushroom
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Hàn Shū 
		History of the Former Han Dynasty, second of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史 [Èr shí xì Shǐ], composed by Ban Gu 班固[Bān Gù] in 82 during Eastern Han (later Han), 100 scrolls
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Gǔ Lóng 
		Gu Long (1938-1985), Taiwanese wuxia novelist and screenwriter
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gǔ 
		center or bull's eye of an archery target (old)
goal
target
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Gù ān 
		Gu'an county in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gù 
		steep-sided flat-topped mountain
mesa
(element in mountain names)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Bān Gù 
		Ban Gu (32-92), Eastern Han dynasty historian, wrote the Dynastic History of Western Han 漢書|汉书
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Gǔ xiàn 
		Gu county in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Gù ān xiàn 
		Gu'an county in Langfang 廊坊[Lang2 fang2], Hebei
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			gǔ 
		to implicate
net for birds or fish