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故
HSK 3
Pinyin:
gù
English Definition:
happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
Chinese Definition:
①意外的事情:事故。变故。故障。
②原因:缘故。原故。
③有心,存心:故意。故杀(有意谋杀)。明知故犯。
④老,旧,过去的,原来的:故事(a。旧事,成例;b。有连贯性的比较完整的事情,比较适合于口头讲述,“事”读轻声)。故人。故乡。故土(故乡)。故园(故乡)。故居。故国(故乡,亦指祖国)。故纸堆(泛指旧而多的文籍)。革故鼎新(“革”,除去;“鼎”,更新;破除旧的,建立新的)。故步自封(“故步”,原来的步子;“封”,限制;喻安于现状,不求进取。亦作“固步自封”)。
⑤朋友,友情:亲故。沾亲带故。
⑥死亡(指人):故去。病故。
⑦所以,因此:故此。故而。
⑧古同“顾”,反而。
Antonyms:
新
Total strokes:
9;
Radical:
攵
Pictophonetic
:
古
indicates the sound;
攵
(tap) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
⿰
Left to right
古
[
gǔ
]
old, classic, ancient
攵
[
pū
]
to rap, to tap; script; to let go
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Example Words
故事
gù
shi
narrative; story; tale
HSK 3
事故
shì
gù
accident; Classifiers:
桩
HSK 6
故意
gù
yì
deliberately; on purpose
HSK 4
故乡
gù
xiāng
home; homeland; native place; Classifiers:
个
HSK 6
缘故
yuán
gù
reason; cause
HSK 6
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Example Sentences
shì
是
gù
故
,
duì
对
cǐ
此
shuō
说
zhī
之
lí
qīng
厘
清
,
yǒu
zhù
yú
有
助
于
duì
对
qí
其
míng
tǐ
明
体
sī
xiǎng
思
想
zhī
之
lǐ
jiě
理
解
。
Therefore, the clarification of this theory is helpful for the comprehension of his thought of Ming-ti.
zài
在
zhè
gè
这
个
fāng
xiàng
方
向
xū
yào
需
要
yǒu
有
yí
gè
一
个
jiā
加
sù
dù
速
度
,
gù
故
zhòng
liàng
重
量
huì
会
zēng
jiā
增
加
。
There will be weight increase so there is here an acceleration upwards.
tā
他
fù
mǔ
父
母
zǎo
gù
早
故
。
His parents died when he was very young.
zhè
这
yī
一
hé
zuò
合
作
běn
zhì
本
质
shàng
上
shì
是
zhàn
lvè
战
略
xìng
zhì
性
质
de
的
,
gù
故
wǒ
men
我
们
bù
不
qī
wàng
期
望
qí
其
duì
对
wēi
ruǎn
微
软
gǔ
股
jià
价
zào
chéng
造
成
jiào
较
dà
大
yǐng
xiǎng
影
响
,
yīn
wèi
因
为
bì
必
yīng
应
zhǐ
只
gòu
chéng
构
成
wǒ
men
我
们
duì
对
wēi
ruǎn
微
软
gǔ
股
jià
价
gū
zhí
估
值
de
的
bù
不
dào
到
3
%
。
This deal is largely strategic in nature so we do not expect much of an impact Microsoft' s as Bing accounts for less than 3% of the Trefis price estimate for Microsoft.
tā
她
zhǐ
chū
指
出
chéng
shì
城
市
jū
mín
居
民
yīn
因
zài
在
xū
yào
需
要
shí
时
méi
yǒu
没
有
dòng
wù
动
物
kě
yǐ
可
以
chū
shòu
出
售
,
gù
故
(
liáng
shí
粮
食
)
jià
价
gé
格
shàng
zhǎng
上
涨
yóu
qí
尤
其
wēi
jí
危
及
dào
到
tā
men
他
们
。
She points out that city people do not have farm animals to sell in times of need. So they are especially threatened when prices go up.
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