故
HSK 7freq #6035
Meanings
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- 1.happening
- 2.instance
- 3.reason
- 4.cause
- 5.intentional
- 6.former
- 7.old
- 8.friend
- 9.therefore
- 10.hence
- 11.(of people) to die, dead
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Wiktionary
- 1.old; of the past
- 2.cause; reason
- 3.accident; misfortune; unexpected event
- 4.past things; antiquity
- 5.old friend; good friend; close friend
- 6.to die; to pass away
- 7.deceased; dead
- 8.formerly; originally
- 9.intentionally; deliberately
- 10.still; as before
- 11.therefore; so
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kaːs): phonetic 古 (OC *kaːʔ) + semantic 攵. Derivative of 古 (OC *kaːʔ, “old”). The sense “cause, reason” may be related to (“thing or person of former times”), or the same word as 固 (OC *kaːs, “solid, secure, sure”) (Schuessler 2007, apud Pulleyblank 1989).
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Components
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Example sentences
因為我這份工作的緣故，我總是要打領帶。
I always have to wear a tie because of my job.
倫敦過去因為經濟和文化的緣故，十分重要。
London was very important for economical and cultural reasons.
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Derived terms
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