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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gù | gu4
English translation
happening
instance
reason
cause
intentional
former
old
friend
therefore
hence
(of people) to die, dead
reason, cause; happening, instance

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

古攵

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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离题 lí tí tài yuǎn le , suǒ yāo jiǎng de 故事 gùshì 主要 zhǔyào shì 关于 guānyú .

I digress. My tale does not primarily concern itself with the hen.

de 故事 gùshì zhēn dòu ,简直 jiǎnzhí xiào le 肚皮 dù pí .

His story broke me up. I couldn't stop laughing.

觉得 juéde 人们 rén men kān 他不 dǒng 人情 rén qíng 世故 shì gù .

He felt people were contemptuous of his lack of sophistication.

zài 看来 kàn lai ,彼得 Bǐ dé Huán dǒng 人情 rén qíng 世故 shì gù .

It'seems to me that Peter has seen nothing of life.

一千零一金银 jīn yín 岛》 dōu shì 传奇 chuán qí 故事 gùshì .

The Arabian Nights and Treasure lsland are romances.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
故事 gùshì narrative故事 gùshì
事故 shìgù accident事故 shìgù
故意 gùyì deliberately故意 gùyì
happening
故障 gùzhàng malfunction故障 gùzhàng
缘故 yuángù reason緣故
故乡 gùxiāng home故鄉
无缘无故 wú yuán wú gù no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for無緣無故
已故 yǐ gù the late已故 yǐ gù
故宫 Gù gōng the Forbidden City故宮
无故 wú gù without cause or reason無故
变故 biàngù accident變故
世故 shì gù sophisticated世故 shì gù
何故 hé gù what for?何故 hé gù
故而 gù ér therefore故而 gù ér
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature典故 diǎn gù
故人 gù rén old friend故人 gù rén
故里 gù lǐ hometown故里 gù lǐ
故此 gù cǐ therefore故此 gù cǐ
故居 gù jū former residence故居 gù jū
因故 yīn gù for some reason因故 yīn gù
故事片 gù shi piàn fictional film故事片 gù shi piàn
故土 gù tǔ native country故土 gù tǔ
故宫博物院 Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn National Palace Museum, Taipei故宮博物院
欲擒故纵 yù qín gù zòng In order to capture, one must let loose.欲擒故縱

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