叫姑姑 (jiàogūgu): (dialect / folk) colloquial name for a chirping insect or calling bird — most commonly a regional name for the katydid (螽斯 / 蝈蝈) or a small calling bird such as the skylark

Measure Word

一只叫姑姑 zhī

Meanings

1 (dialect / folk) colloquial name for a chirping insect or calling bird — most commonly a regional name for the katydid (螽斯 / 蝈蝈) or a small calling bird such as the skylark

Characters

aunt (reduplicated for the call-sound)

Examples

夜里草丛里叫姑姑叫得很欢。

Yèlǐ cǎocóng lǐ jiàogūgu jiào de hěn huān.

At night the jiaogugu chirp merrily in the grass.

老人说小时候常抓叫姑姑放在笼子里。

Lǎorén shuō xiǎoshíhou cháng zhuā jiàogūgu fàng zài lóngzi lǐ.

The old man said he often caught jiaogugu as a child and kept them in cages.

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usage

Not in CC-CEDICT or the Xinhua dictionaries; it is an onomatopoeic folk nickname — the creature's call is heard as "jiào-gū-gū" ("calling, auntie auntie"). Depending on region, speakers apply it to katydids, crickets, or calling birds (the skylark 叫天子 shares the same naming pattern). Treat as dialectal.