故

Happening in Chinese: 故 (gù)

gù

happening

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1happening
  2. 2instance
  3. 3reason
  4. 4cause
  5. 5intentional
  6. 6former
  7. 7old
  8. 8friend
  9. 9therefore
  10. 10hence
  11. 11(of people) to die, dead

Stroke order

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故

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨˋ

gù

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他无故迟到，老师很生气。

    tā wú gù chí dào， lǎo shī hěn shēng qì。

    He was late for no reason, and the teacher was angry.

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Related words

故事

gù shì

old practice

故意

gù yì

deliberately

缘故

yuán gù

reason

故乡

gù xiāng

home

事故

shì gù

accident

故障

gù zhàng

malfunction

世故

shì gù

the ways of the world

无故

wú gù

without cause or reason

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