故

The character "故" has 9 strokes. "故" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "故" has 1 pronunciations, . The pronunciations of "故" are "gù" . View the stroke order of "故">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "故"

n.: cause; reason; incident; happening; accident; event; thing(s) of the past; things that happened in the past; old friend; acquaintance

conj.: hence; therefore; so; as a result

adv.: intentionally; deliberately; on purpose

adj.: original; former; old; past

v.: pass away; depart this life

• cause : n.起因；原因；原则；事业；诉讼事由；正当理由；值得支持的事；个人诉讼案件
• reason : n.理由；原因；诱因；理智；理性；判断力；推理力；道理；充分理由；前提
• incident : n.事件；事情；附属特权；附属负担；附属权利；危险事件；暴力事件；冲突；发生；令人激动的事情
• happening : n.事情；事件；半即兴表演
• accident : n.意外事故；不测事件；意外的事；偶然的事；非本质属性；交通事故；车祸；运气；机遇；大便（或小便）失禁
• event : n.事情；事件；大事；赛事；比赛项目；社交场合；公众活动
• old friend : 老朋友
• acquaintance : n.了解；知悉；熟人；泛泛之交；浅识；朋友
• hence : adv.因此；所以；由此；…之后；今后…；自此；从这儿
• therefore : adv.因此；因而；所以
• so : adv.这么；那么；像这样；像那样；指以前提到的；很；同样；事实；的确
• as a result : 因此, 结果
• intentionally : adv.故意地；有意地
• deliberately : adv.故意地；从容不迫地；不慌不忙地
• on purpose : 特意地, 故意地, 有意地
• original : adj.起初的；原来的；原著；原作；创新的；独创的；开始的；首先的
• former : adj.前任的；曾经当过… 的；前者的；以前的；从前的；早先的
• old : adj.年老的；过去的；以前的；…岁的；从前的；老的；古老的；陈旧的；熟悉的；旧时的
• past : adj.过去的；不复存在的；以前的；刚过去的；过去时的
• pass away : 逝去, 消逝, 消磨
• depart this life : 死去

Form words with "故"

另有他故 have other reasons

别无他故 have no other reasons

Example phrases using "故"

• 近日突发疾病，故未能如期返回。

  Having caught a sudden illness, I was not able to get back on time.

• 我跟他还算沾点儿亲带点儿故。

  I’m a distant relative of his.

• 天黑了，故很难拍到好的相片了。

  The day was dark, so to make a good photograph hard to get.

• 故我方建议贵方尽速接受此报价.

  We advise you, therefore, to accept this offer without loss of time.

• 故征收燃油税有其客观的必要性。

  Therefore, the payment of duty need to have their objective.

• 故没有医生的指导请不擅自使用。

  Therefore, without the doctor's advice, do not presumptuously use it.

• 故坚强者死之徒，柔弱者生之徒。

  Thus it is that firmness and strength are the concomitants of death; softness and weakness, the concomitants of life.

• 东汉时称为刺，故名片又称名刺。

  Han dynasty, so called ci card, say again MingCi.

• 夫唯不争，故天下莫能与之争。

  It is because he is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him.

• 是故不欲琭琭如玉，珞珞如石。

  They do not wish to show themselves elegant-looking as jade, but (prefer) to be coarse-looking as an (ordinary) stone.