孤
陋
寡
闻

Ignorant and inexperienced in Chinese: 孤陋寡闻 (gū lòu guǎ wén)

gū lòu guǎ wén

ignorant and inexperienced

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 孤陋寡聞1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1ignorant and inexperienced
  2. 2ill-informed and narrow-minded

Stroke order

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孤
陋
寡
闻

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨ

gū

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ u—/ first tone

ㄌㄡˋ

lòu

ㄌ/ lㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄍㄨㄚˇ

guǎ

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˇ/ third tone

ㄨㄣˊ

wén

ㄨ/ uㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

孤陋寡闻

Simplified

孤陋寡聞

Traditional

Example sentences

See 孤陋寡闻 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我孤陋寡闻，从没听说过这件事。

    wǒ gū lòu guǎ wén， cóng méi tīng shuō guò zhè jiàn shì。

    I'm ill-informed and had never heard of this.

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Related words

闻

wén

to hear

新闻

xīn wén

news

孤单

gū dān

lone

孤独

gū dú

lonely

孤儿

gū ér

orphan

丑陋

chǒu lòu

ugly

丑闻

chǒu wén

scandal

传闻

chuán wén

rumor

绯闻

fēi wén

sex scandal

孤立

gū lì

isolated

寡妇

guǎ fu

widow

简陋

jiǎn lòu

simple and crude

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