故 gù in a sentence
Incident (reason - old - deceased - purposely)
故 (gù) means Incident (reason - old - deceased - purposely). Below are 24 of the 76 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
别 故 意为难人家。
Bié gùyì wéinán rénjiā.
Don't deliberately make things hard for people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 为难
这个 故 事很有意思。
Zhège gùshi hěn yǒu yìsi.
This story is very interesting.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 故事
他给孩子们讲 故 事。
Tā gěi háizimen jiǎng gùshi.
He tells the children stories.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 讲
她的 故 事让人同情。
Tā de gùshi ràng rén tóngqíng.
Her story makes people sympathise.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 同情
他喜欢看冒险 故 事。
Tā xǐhuan kàn màoxiǎn gùshi.
He likes reading adventure stories.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 冒险
路口发生了交通事 故 。
Lùkǒu fāshēng le jiāotōng shìgù.
A traffic accident happened at the crossroads.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 发生
这个 故 事让我很感动。
Zhège gùshi ràng wǒ hěn gǎndòng.
This story moved me a lot.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 感动
她 故 意不接我的电话。
Tā gùyì bù jiē wǒ de diànhuà.
She deliberately did not answer my call.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 故意
这是一个浪漫的 故 事。
Zhè shì yí ge làngmàn de gùshi.
This is a romantic story.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 浪漫
这是一个幽默的 故 事。
Zhè shì yí ge yōumò de gùshi.
This is a humorous story.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 幽默
他讲的 故 事特别有趣。
Tā jiǎng de gùshi tèbié yǒuqù.
The stories he tells are especially entertaining.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 有趣
粗心导致了这次事 故 。
Cūxīn dǎozhì le zhè cì shìgù.
Carelessness caused this accident.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 导致
他喜欢读古代的 故 事。
Tā xǐhuan dú gǔdài de gùshi.
He likes reading stories from ancient times.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 古代
故 事里的国王很善良。
Gùshi lǐ de guówáng hěn shànliáng.
The king in the story is kind.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 国王
故 事里的狐狸很狡猾。
Gùshi lǐ de húli hěn jiǎohuá.
The fox in the story is very cunning.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 狡猾
这次事 故 造成了损失。
Zhè cì shìgù zàochéng le sǔnshī.
This accident caused losses.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 损失
故 事里的王子很勇敢。
Gùshi lǐ de wángzǐ hěn yǒnggǎn.
The prince in the story is brave.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 王子
他 故 意把话题岔开了。
Tā gùyì bǎ huàtí chà kāi le.
He deliberately steered the conversation off the subject.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 岔
师傅很快排除了 故 障。
Shīfu hěn kuài páichú le gùzhàng.
The technician soon cleared the fault.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 故障
工人很快排除了 故 障。
Gōngrén hěn kuài páichú le gùzhàng.
The workers soon cleared the fault.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 排除
疏忽致使了这次事 故 。
Shūhu zhìshǐ le zhè cì shìgù.
Negligence brought about this accident.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 致使
奶奶给我讲了一个 故 事。
Nǎinai gěi wǒ jiǎng le yí gè gùshi.
Grandma told me a story.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 故事
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故 appears in 76 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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How is 故 used in a sentence?
This page shows 76 sentences using 故 (gù, "Incident (reason - old - deceased - purposely)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 故 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 故 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 故 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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