one who is cut off from others (idiom); one who has chosen to follow a solitary path; (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)
孤孑孤孑gu1 jie2
lonesome; solitary
孤孑特立孤孑特立gu1 jie2 te4 li4
to be all alone in the world
孤绝孤絕gu1 jue2
isolated; solitary
孤军奋战孤軍奮戰gu1 jun1 fen4 zhan4
lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom); fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
孤苦伶仃孤苦伶仃gu1 ku3 ling2 ding1
solitary and impoverished (idiom)
孤苦零丁孤苦零丁gu1 ku3 ling2 ding1
variant of 孤苦伶仃
孤老孤老gu1 lao3
solitary old man or woman; regular patron (at brothels)
孤立孤立gu1 li4
isolate; isolated
孤立无援孤立無援gu1 li4 wu2 yuan2
isolated and without help
孤立子孤立子gu1 li4 zi3
soliton (physics)
孤立子波孤立子波gu1 li4 zi3 bo1
instanton (math.)
孤零零孤零零gu1 ling2 ling2
lone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary
孤陋孤陋gu1 lou4
ignorant; ill-informed
孤陋寡闻孤陋寡聞gu1 lou4 gua3 wen2
ignorant and inexperienced; ill-informed and narrow-minded
孤鸾年孤鸞年gu1 luan2 nian2
inauspicious year for marriage
孤男寡女孤男寡女gu1 nan2 gua3 nv3
a single man and a single woman; bachelors; a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)
孤鸟孤鳥gu1 niao3
lone bird; marginalized (country, person etc)
孤僻孤僻gu1 pi4
antisocial; reclusive; eccentric
孤沙锥孤沙錐gu1 sha1 zhui1
(bird species of China) solitary snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
孤山孤山gu1 shan1
Solitary Hill, located in West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
孤山孤山gu1 shan1
isolated peak
孤身孤身gu1 shen1
alone; lonely
孤身只影孤身隻影gu1 shen1 zhi1 ying3
lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company; to be all alone (idiom)
孤孀孤孀gu1 shuang1
widow
孤掌难鸣孤掌難鳴gu1 zhang3 nan2 ming2
It's hard to clap with only one hand.; It takes two to tango; It's difficult to achieve anything without support.
孤征孤征gu1 zheng1
to act on one's own; to fight alone
孤证不立孤證不立gu1 zheng4 bu4 li4
unacceptable as uncorroborated evidence (in law or in textual criticism)
孤注一掷孤注一擲gu1 zhu4 yi1 zhi4
to stake all on one throw
孤子孤子gu1 zi3
orphan; fatherless son
鳏寡孤独鰥寡孤獨guan1 gua3 gu1 du2
lit. widowers, widows, orphans and the childless; fig. people with no one left to rely on
脚孤拐腳孤拐jiao3 gu1 guai5
bunion; hallux valgus
孑影孤单孑影孤單jie2 ying3 gu1 dan1
to be all alone by oneself
苦心孤诣苦心孤詣ku3 xin1 gu1 yi4
to make painstaking efforts (idiom); after much trouble; to work hard at sth
藐孤藐孤miao3 gu1
small orphan
生态孤岛生態孤島sheng1 tai4 gu1 dao3
insularization (as a threat to biodiversity)
天煞孤星天煞孤星tian1 sha4 gu1 xing1
bane of others' existence
一意孤行一意孤行yi1 yi4 gu1 xing2
obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom); willful; one's own way; dogmatic