姑娘
Meaning
- girl
- young woman
- young lady
Measure word
个 gè
Example sentence
你们这些姑娘在做甚么？
What are you girls doing?
Characters in 姑娘
- 姑 gū father's sister; a young woman; for the moment
- 娘 niáng mother; a young woman
姑 a father's sister plus 娘, a young woman. The pair has drifted from kinship to the ordinary word for a girl.