| 姑 | gū | paternal aunt; husband's sister; husband's mother (old); nun; for the time being (literary) |
| 姑娘 | gū niang | girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; CL:个 |
| 姑且 | gū qiě | temporarily; the time being; for the moment; provisional; tentatively |
| 姑母 | gū mǔ | father's sister; paternal aunt |
| 姑姑 | gū gu | paternal aunt; CL:个 |
| 姑爷 | gū yé | father's father's sister's husband; paternal grandaunt's husband |
| 姑妈 | gū mā | (coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt |
| 姑父 | gū fu | father's sister's husband; husband of paternal aunt; uncle |
| 姑丈 | gū zhàng | husband of paternal aunt |
| 姑夫 | gū fu | father's sister's husband; husband of paternal aunt; uncle |
| 姑奶奶 | gū nǎi nai | (informal) father's father's sister; great aunt |
| 姑妄言之 | gū wàng yán zhī | to just talk for the sake of talking |
| 姑姥姥 | gū lǎo lao | mother's father's sister (informal); great aunt |
| 姑婆 | gū pó | grandfather's sister; sister of a woman's father-in-law |
| 姑息 | gū xī | excessively tolerant; to indulge; to appease |
| 姑息遗患 | gū xī yí huàn | to tolerate is to abet |
| 姑息养奸 | gū xī yǎng jiān | to tolerate is to nurture an evildoer (idiom); spare the rod and spoil the child |
| 姑爹 | gū diē | husband of father's sister; uncle |
| 姑置勿论 | gū zhì wù lùn | to put something aside for the time being (idiom) |
