故 gu³ {gù}

(adjective) Departed

故 gu³ {gù}

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

故仔 gu² zai² {gù zǐ}

a story

故鄉〔-乡〕 gu³ hoeng¹ {gù xiāng}

(noun) Hometown

故此 gu³ ci² {gù cǐ}

therefore

故轍〔-辙〕 gu³ cit³ {gù zhé}

1. former track
2. old rut
3. stuck in old conventions

故第 gu³ dai⁶ {gù dì}

former residence

故地 gu³ dei⁶ {gù dì}

1. once familiar places
2. former haunts

故典 gu³ din² {gù diǎn}

1. old classics
2. old customs
3. cause

故都 gu³ dou¹ {gù dū}

1. former capital
2. ancient capital

故道 gu³ dou⁶ {gù dào}

1. old road
2. old way
3. old course (of a river)

故訓〔-训〕 gu³ fan³ {gù xùn}

old teaching (e.g. religious instruction)

故家 gu³ gaa¹ {gù jiā}

1. old and respected family
2. family whose members have been officials from generation to generation

故交 gu³ gaau¹ {gù jiāo}

1. former acquaintance
2. old friend

故舊〔-旧〕 gu³ gau⁶ {gù jiù}

old friends

故伎 gu³ gei⁶ {gù jì}

1. usual trick
2. old tactics

故居 gu³ geoi¹ {gù jū}

former residence

故宮〔-宫〕 gu³ gung¹ {gù gōng}

former imperial palace

故宮〔-宫〕 gu³ gung¹ {Gù gōng}

1. the Forbidden City
2. abbr. for 故宮博物院

故國〔-国〕 gu³ gwok³ {gù guó}

country with an ancient history

故去 gu³ heoi³ {gù qù}

1. to die
2. death

故鄉〔-乡〕 gu³ hoeng¹ {gù xiāng}

1. home
2. homeland
3. native place
4. CL: 個

故人 gu³ jan⁴ {gù rén}

1. old friend
2. the deceased

故友 gu³ jau⁵ {gù yǒu}

1. old friend
2. deceased friend

故意 gu³ ji³ {gù yì}

1. deliberately
2. on purpose

故而 gu³ ji⁴ {gù ér}

therefore

故業〔-业〕 gu³ jip⁶ {gù yè}

1. old estate
2. former empire
3. former occupation

故園〔-园〕 gu³ jyun⁴ {gù yuán}

one's home town

故里 gu³ lei⁵ {gù lǐ}

1. hometown
2. native place

故墓 gu³ mou⁶ {gù mù}

old tomb

故我 gu³ ngo⁵ {gù wǒ}

1. one's former self
2. back on form

故殺〔-杀〕 gu³ saat³ {gù shā}

premeditated murder

故世 gu³ sai³ {gù shì}

1. to die
2. to pass away

故事 gu³ si⁶ {gù shì}

1. old practice
2. CL: 個

故事 gu³ si⁶ {gù shi}

1. narrative
2. story
3. tale

故城 gu³ sing⁴ {gù chéng}

old city

故土 gu³ tou² {gù tǔ}

1. native country
2. one's homeland

故云 gu³ wan⁴ {gù yún}

that's why it is called...

故宅 gu³ zaak⁶ {gù zhái}

former home

故知 gu³ zi¹ {gù zhī}

a close friend over many years

故址 gu³ zi² {gù zhǐ}

one's former address

故跡〔-迹〕 gu³ zik¹ {gù jì}

historical ruins

故障 gu³ zoeng³ {gù zhàng}

1. malfunction
2. breakdown
3. defect
4. shortcoming
5. fault
6. failure
7. impediment
8. error
9. bug (in software)

故作 gu³ zok³ {gù zuò}

1. to pretend
2. to feign

故事片 gu³ si⁶ pin² {gù shi piàn}

1. fictional film
2. feature film

故城縣〔--县〕 gu³ sing⁴ jyun⁶ {Gù chéng xiàn}

Gucheng county in Hengshui 衡水, Hebei

故紙堆〔-纸-〕 gu³ zi² deoi¹ {gù zhǐ duī}

a pile of old books

故步自封 gu³ bou⁶ zi⁶ fung¹ {gù bù zì fēng}

1. stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
2. stagnating and conservative

故地重遊〔---游〕 gu³ dei⁶ cung⁴ jau⁴ {gù dì chóng yóu}

to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane

故家子弟 gu³ gaa¹ zi² dai⁶ {gù jiā zǐ dì}

descended from an old family

故舊不棄〔-旧-弃〕 gu³ gau⁶ bat¹ hei³ {gù jiù bù qì}

do not neglect old friends

故伎重演 gu³ gei⁶ cung⁴ jin² {gù jì chóng yǎn}

1. to repeat an old stratagem
2. up to one's old tricks

故弄玄虛〔---虚〕 gu³ lung⁶ jyun⁴ heoi¹ {gù nòng xuán xū}

1. deliberately mystifying
2. to make sth unnecessarily complicated

故態復萌〔-态复-〕 gu³ taai³ fuk⁶ mang⁴ {gù tài fù méng}

to revert to old ways

故障排除 gu³ zoeng³ paai⁴ ceoi⁴ {gù zhàng pái chú}

1. fault resolution
2. trouble clearing

故作端莊〔---庄〕 gu³ zok³ dyun¹ zong¹ {gù zuò duān zhuāng}

1. artificial show of seriousness
2. to pretend to be solemn

故作深沉 gu³ zok³ sam¹ cam⁴ {gù zuò shēn chén}

to play the profound thinker

故作姿態〔---态〕 gu³ zok³ zi¹ taai³ {gù zuò zī tài}

1. a pose
2. a pretense

故宮博物院〔-宫---〕 gu³ gung¹ bok³ mat⁶ jyun² {Gù gōng Bó wù yuàn}

1. Palace Museum, in the Forbidden City, Beijing
2. National Palace Museum, Taipei