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孤僻 (gū pì) — unsociable; withdrawn; reclusive

Definition

A strong, often negative word for someone who avoids people by nature (孤 + 僻 'secluded,偏僻-style'). Used for personalities that are withdrawn and hard to approach, stronger than simply 安静 or 内向.

adjective
unsociablewithdrawnreclusive

Examples

  • 孤僻，。
    Tā de xìng gé hěn gū pì, bù xǐ huan hé bié rén lái wǎng.
    His personality is very unsociable; he doesn't like to interact with others.
  • 孤僻，。
    Tā cóng xiǎo jiù hěn gū pì, zǒng shì dú lái dú wǎng.
    She has been withdrawn since childhood, always coming and going alone.
  • 孤僻。
    Zhè zhǒng gū pì de xìng gé ràng tā zài gōng sī lǐ jiāo bú dào péng you.
    This kind of reclusive personality keeps him from making friends at the company.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

孤gūsolitary
僻pìwithdrawn

孤 means solitary and 僻 means withdrawn or eccentric, together describing an unsociable temperament.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
子子zǐchild
Sound part声符shēngfú
瓜
瓜guā孤gū
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

孤 uses 子 (child) to show a child, and 瓜 to give the sound.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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