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
to change old practices
to change old practices
familiarity at first sight
old friends and relatives
old friends and relatives
not to stick to the old conventions
somehow
unsophisticated; unworldly
unsophisticated; unworldly
accidental exposure
the ways of the world; worldly wisdom
accident causing injury or death
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
to be unchanged; to be one's old self (idiom)
work-related injury; industrial accident
work-related injury; industrial accident
fellow countryman (from the same village)
fellow countryman (from the same village)
renew; replace old with new
The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times.
The story is so good it's worth hearing a hundred times.
to have passed away
without good cause
without good cause