| 1 | 故 | 故 | gù | gu4 | happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead | | |
| 2 | 故事 | 故事 | gù shi | gu4 shi5 | narrative; story; tale | | |
| 3 | 故意 | 故意 | gù yì | gu4 yi4 | deliberately; on purpose | | |
| 4 | 故乡 | 故鄉 | gù xiāng | gu4 xiang1 | home; homeland; native place; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 5 | 故障 | 故障 | gù zhàng | gu4 zhang4 | malfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug (in software) | | |
| 6 | 故宫 | 故宮 | gù gōng | Gu4 gong1 | former imperial palace; the Forbidden City; abbr. for 故宫博物院 | | |
| 7 | 故居 | 故居 | gù jū | gu4 ju1 | former residence | | |
| 8 | 故旧不弃 | 故舊不棄 | gù jiù bù qì | gu4 jiu4 bu4 qi4 | do not neglect old friends | | |
| 9 | 故旧 | 故舊 | gù jiù | gu4 jiu4 | old friends | | |
| 10 | 故剑情深 | 故劍情深 | gù jiàn qíng shēn | gu4 jian4 qing2 shen1 | to remember a former wife with tender feelings (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 故家子弟 | 故家子弟 | gù jiā zǐ dì | gu4 jia1 zi3 di4 | descended from an old family | | |
| 12 | 故家 | 故家 | gù jiā | gu4 jia1 | old and respected family; family whose members have been officials from generation to generation | | |
| 13 | 故伎重演 | 故伎重演 | gù jì chóng yǎn | gu4 ji4 chong2 yan3 | to repeat an old stratagem; up to one's old tricks | | |
| 14 | 故国 | 故國 | gù guó | gu4 guo2 | country with an ancient history | | |
| 15 | 故宫博物院 | 故宮博物院 | gù gōng bó wù yuàn | Gu4 gong1 Bo2 wu4 yuan4 | Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing; National Palace Museum, Taipei | | |
| 16 | 故而 | 故而 | gù ér | gu4 er2 | therefore | | |
| 17 | 故都 | 故都 | gù dū | gu4 du1 | former capital; ancient capital | | |
| 18 | 故典 | 故典 | gù diǎn | gu4 dian3 | old classics; old customs; cause | | |
| 19 | 故第 | 故第 | gù dì | gu4 di4 | once familiar places; former haunts; former residence | | |
| 20 | 故道 | 故道 | gù dào | gu4 dao4 | old road; old way; old course (of a river) | | |
| 21 | 故作姿态 | 故作姿態 | gù zuò zī tài | gu4 zuo4 zi1 tai4 | to put on an act | | |
| 22 | 故此 | 故此 | gù cǐ | gu4 ci3 | therefore | | |
| 23 | 故城县 | 故城縣 | gù chéng xiàn | Gu4 cheng2 xian4 | Gucheng county in Hengshui 衡水 , Hebei | | |
| 24 | 故城 | 故城 | gù chéng | gu4 cheng2 | old city | | |
| 25 | 故称 | 故稱 | gù chēng | gu4 cheng1 | ... hence the name (used at the end of a sentence) | | |