缘故

缘故 yuángù in a sentence

Reason (cause - sake)

Full dictionary entry HSK 6 2 sentences

缘故 (yuángù) means Reason (cause - sake). Below are 2 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

不知什么 缘故 ,他今天没来。

Bù zhī shénme yuángù, tā jīntiān méi lái.

For some reason or other he did not come today.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 缘故

因为下雨的 缘故 ,人来得很少。

Yīnwèi xià yǔ de yuángù, rén lái de hěn shǎo.

On account of the rain very few people came.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 缘故

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How is 缘故 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 缘故 (yuángù, "Reason (cause - sake)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

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Is 缘故 an HSK word?

Yes — 缘故 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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