therefore; cause; reason

HSK 3 #572

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 572nd character
Radical ⽁ (66.5)
Strokes 9
Index # 1418

Definitions

故 gù
  1. 1. therefore
  2. 2. cause
  3. 3. reason
  4. 4. former
  5. 5. old
  6. 6. intentional
  7. 7. (of people) to die, dead
  8. 8. happening
  9. 9. hence
  10. 10. instance
  11. 11. friend

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Words containing 故

Word Meaning
up to one's old tricks; to repeat an old stratagem
deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
for some reason
as before; as usual; (to be) like old friends
feature film; fictional film
country with an ancient history
to revert to old ways
fig. unrelated to one another in any way
Things haven't changed at all.
to find an excuse
usual trick; old tactics
to pass away; to die
one's hometown
therefore
review old to learn new things
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
variant of yuán gù
get rid of the old, bring in the new
old friend; former acquaintance
once familiar places; former haunts
old site
former home
therefore
to die of an illness
accident occurring due to negligence