故 gù
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gù
adverb
purposely; intentionally; deliberately; knowingly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 有意 (CCD 1 '故' 3; FE '故' 2; Guoyu '故' adv 2; XHZD '故' 3) -
gù
adjective
old; ancient; former; past
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 旧 (CCD 2 '故' 1; FE '故' 1; Unihan '故'; XHZD '故' 4) -
gù
noun
reason; cause; purpose
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 原因 (CCD 1 '故' 2; FE '故' 3; Guoyu '故' n 1; Unihan '故'; XHZD '故' 2) -
gù
verb
to die
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 死亡 (CCD 2 '故' 3; FE '故' 4; Guoyu '故' v 1; XHZD '故' 6) -
gù
conjunction
so; therefore; hence
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 因此 or 所以 (FE '故' 6; Guoyu '故' conj; XHZD '故' 7) -
gù
adjective
original
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 原来的; for example 故乡 'hometown' (CCD 2 '故' 1; Guoyu '故' adj 1; XHZD '故' 5) -
gù
noun
accident; happening; instance
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 事故 (CCD 1 '故' 1; FE '故' 5; Guoyu '故' n 2; XHZD '故' 1) -
gù
noun
a friend; an acquaintance; friendship
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 朋友 (CCD 2 '故' 2; FE '故' 7; Guoyu '故' n 3) -
gù
noun
something in the past
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '故' n 4) -
gù
adjective
deceased; dead
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 死去的 (Guoyu '故' adj 2) -
gù
adverb
still; yet
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 仍旧 or 依然 (Guoyu '故' adv 3)
Contained in
- 温故而知新(溫故而知新) to cherish the old and know the new
- 藉故 to make up a pretext ; to make up a story
- 一见如故(一見如故) familiarity at first sight
- 故地重游(故地重遊) to revisit old haunts; down memory lane
- 推故 to find a pretext for refusing
- 技术故障(技術故障) technical breakdown; malfunction
- 何故 what reason
- 故以龙致雨(故以龍致雨) because of a dragon, rain will be produced
- 明知故问(明知故問) to ask a question, already knowing the answer
- 故作姿态(故作姿態) to put on an act
- 故障 malfunction; breakdown; defect; fault; failure; impediment; error; bug
- 故我 one's old self; one's original self; what one has always been
- 已作故人 to have passed away
- 故且 temporarily
- 温故知新(溫故知新) to cherish the old and know the new
- 故旧不弃(故舊不棄) do not neglect old friends
- 故称(故稱) an old term; an obsolete word
- 故宅 former home
- 无故(無故) without reason; without cause ; merely
- 原故 cause ; accident
- 非亲非故(非親非故) neither a relative nor a friend; unrelated to one another in any way
- 是故 therefore; so; consequently
- 故障排除 fault resolution; trouble clearing
- 荣归故里(榮歸故里) to return home with honor
- 故友 old friend; deceased friend
- 故作 to pretend; to feign
- 私怪其故 privately pondered the reason
- 坎特伯雷故事集 The Canterbury Tales, collection of stories by Geoffrey Chaucer 喬叟|乔叟
- 旧故(舊故) old friend; former acquaintance
- 故园(故園) one's hometown
- 病故 to die of an illness
- 平白无故(平白無故) without good cause
- 故业(故業) old estate; former empire; former occupation
- 故家 old and respected family; family whose members have been officials from generation to generation
- 如故 like an old friend ; as before
- 身故 to die
- 故吏 former subordinate
- 交通事故 traffic accident
- 故云 that's why it is called...
- 事故照射 accidental exposure
- 故第 former residence
- 鬼故事 ghost story
- 同乡亲故(同鄉親故) fellow countryman (from the same village); the folks back home
- 故世 to die; to pass away
- 解故 to explain ancient writings ; to explain the orgin of a story
- 人情世故 conduct in accordance with the world
- 故人 an old friend ; a former wife ; somebody who has passed away
- 责任事故(責任事故) accident occurring due to negligence
- 依然如故 back to where we were; absolutely no improvement; Things haven't changed at all.
- 亡故 to die
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 314
- 形勢解第六十四 Chapter 64: Resolving a Situation Guanzi 管子 — count: 194
- Scroll 9 Xin Shu 新書 — count: 166
- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 140
- 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 126
- 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — count: 120
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 110
- 卷二十 泰族訓 Chapter 20: superior Lineage Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 108
- 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 103
- 明法解第六十七 Chapter 67: Explanation of Wise Edicts Guanzi 管子 — count: 100