Gu

name, noun

name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Initialism of general user. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of gue (“Shetland fiddle”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of genitourinary. abbreviation, alt-of

    "GU — Had polyuria (large volumes every hour) yesterday; incontinent when paramedics arrived"

  4. 4
    Alternative form of gu. (“gules”). alt-of, alternative
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or related to the genital and urinary organs or their functions wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China. countable, uncountable

    "The comrades of Gu county said: From building a private house to sitting in jail, Xu Peng suffered the consequences of placing profit first as a result of his decadent bourgeois ideology."

  2. 2
    A surname from Chinese.

Synonyms

All synonyms
genitourinarygenitourinaryguam

Example

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"Customer Tian-feng GU, a Chinese tourist who studies in Boston, raves about the restaurant's tasty crustacean."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 古 (Gǔ).

Etymology 2

From either Mandarin 谷 (Gǔ) or 古 (Gǔ), from Chinese.

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