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故
gù
Main
English Definitionhappening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
Simplified Script故
Traditional ScriptSame
Pinyingù
Effective Pinyin
(After Tone Sandhi)		Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo) ㄍㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)gu3
Part of Speech(名) noun, (形) adjective, (动) verb, (连) conjunction, (副) adverb
Proficiency Test LevelHSK.v3=7 TOCFL=7

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Words With Same Head Word    
故事gùshìold practice
故意gùyìdeliberately; on purpose
故乡gùxiānghome; homeland; native place
故事gùshinarrative; story; tale
故障gùzhàngmalfunction; breakdown; defect; shortcoming; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug (in software)
Words With Same Tail Word    
缘故yuángùreason; cause
事故shìgùaccident
变故biàngùan unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
无缘无故wúyuán wúgùno cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
已故yǐgùthe late; deceased
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