Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- gù
English
- ancient, old
- happening
- (adjective) Departed
- story
- past; old; former
- therefore; hence
- reason, because
- instance
- late; dead
- reason
- reason; cause; the start of all things
- cause
- to intend
- intentional
- incident
- former
- old
- friend
- therefore
- hence
- (of people) to die, dead
粵語
- 故事；故仔（量詞：個／隻／段／篇）
- 以前嘅；好耐之前嘅；經歷咗好長時間嘅
- 所以；用嚟帶出理由嘅連詞
- 死咗嘅
- 原因；緣起
- 有動機；有意
- 意料之外嘅事
As a component in
Words containing 故
- 故鄉gu3 hoeng1
home
- 故事gu3 si6
old practice
- 事故si6 gu3
accident
- 故意gu3 ji3
deliberately; on purpose
- 故障gu3 zoeng3
malfunction
- 緣故jyun4 gu3
reason
- 故宮gu3 gung1
the Forbidden City
- 故此gu3 ci2
therefore
- 講故gong2 gu2
Storytelling
- 已故ji5 gu3
the late
- 無故mou4 gu3
without cause or reason
- 鬼故gwai2 gu2
ghost stories;a horror story
- 故居gu3 geoi1
former residence
- 世故sai3 gu3
the ways of the world
- 借故ze3 gu3
to find an excuse
- 典故din2 gu3
classical story or quote from the literature
- 故人gu3 jan4
old friend
- 故作gu3 zok3
to pretend
- 變故bin3 gu3
an unforeseen event
- 故友gu3 jau5
old friend
- 故仔gu2 zai2
a story
- 掌故zoeng2 gu3
anecdote; tales (esp. about a historical figure)
- 之故zi1 gu3
for the reason of; due to
- 故去gu3 heoi3
(euphemism) to pass away; to die