故事 (gùshì) means Story. Below are 24 of the 46 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
这个 故事 很有意思。
Zhège gùshi hěn yǒu yìsi.
This story is very interesting.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 故事
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
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
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
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
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
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
爷爷给我讲了很多 故事 。
Yéye gěi wǒ jiǎng le hěn duō gùshi.
Grandpa told me many stories.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 爷爷
请介绍一下 故事 的背景。
Qǐng jièshào yíxià gùshi de bèijǐng.
Please introduce the background of the story.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 背景
学成语要知道它的 故事 。
Xué chéngyǔ yào zhīdào tā de gùshi.
To learn an idiom you need to know its story.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 成语
这个 故事 讲了一个道理。
Zhège gùshi jiǎng le yí ge dàolǐ.
This story teaches a lesson.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 道理
这个 故事 里有一个好官。
Zhège gùshi lǐ yǒu yí ge hǎo guān.
There is a good official in this story.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 官
这个 故事 流传了很多年。
Zhège gùshi liúchuán le hěn duō nián.
This story has been handed down for many years.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 流传
小女孩喜欢王子的 故事 。
Xiǎo nǚhái xǐhuan wángzǐ de gùshi.
The little girl likes stories about princes.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 王子
这是流传在民间的 故事 。
Zhè shì liúchuán zài mínjiān de gùshi.
This is a story handed down among the people.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 民间
这个 故事 里有一位神仙。
Zhège gùshi lǐ yǒu yí wèi shénxiān.
There is an immortal in this story.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 神仙
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故事 appears in 46 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.
Questions about 故事
How is 故事 used in a sentence?
This page shows 46 sentences using 故事 (gùshì, "Story"), 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.
Is 故事 an HSK word?
Yes — 故事 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 故事?
The dictionary page for 故事 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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