Chinese symbol for “tentatively”
姑且
gū qiě
for the time being; tentatively
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tentatively is 姑且 (gū qiě), defined as: for the time being; tentatively.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tentatively”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 姑且.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 姑娘 | gū niang | girl; young woman |
| 姑姑 | gū gu | paternal aunt; 个 (gè) |
| 姑妈 (姑媽) | gū mā | (coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt |
| 尼姑 | ní gū | Buddhist nun |
| 姑息 | gū xī | excessively tolerant; to overindulge (sb) |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore |
| 并且 (並且) | bìng qiě | and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition |
| 况且 (況且) | kuàng qiě | moreover; besides |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tentatively”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.