故事
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Chinese
happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old |
matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair | ||
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| simp. and trad. (故事) |
故 | 事 | |
| anagram | 事故 | ||
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gu3 si6
- Gan (Wiktionary): 'gu4 si5
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ku-sṳ
- Jin (Wiktionary): gu3 si2
- Northern Min (KCR): gu̿-si̿
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5ku-zy
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ˙ㄕ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gùshi̊h
- Wade–Giles: ku4-shih5
- Yale: gù-shr
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh.shy
- Palladius: гуши (guši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gùshìh
- Wade–Giles: ku4-shih4
- Yale: gù-shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhshyh
- Palladius: гуши (guši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gu3 si6
- Yale: gu sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: gu3 si6
- Guangdong Romanization: gu3 xi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuː³³ siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: 'gu4 si5
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˈku³⁵ sz̩¹¹/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ku-sṳ
- Hakka Romanization System: gu sii
- Hagfa Pinyim: gu4 si4
- Sinological IPA: /ku⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: gu3 si2
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ku⁴⁵ sz̩⁵³/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gu̿-si̿
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku³³ si³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-sū
- Tâi-lô: kòo-sū
- Phofsit Daibuun: korsu
- IPA (Philippines): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ su⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /kɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ su³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ su³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-sīr
- Tâi-lô: kòo-sīr
- IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-sī
- Tâi-lô: kòo-sī
- Phofsit Daibuun: korsi
- IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ si⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: gu7 se7
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kū sṳ̄
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku¹¹ sɯ¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
- Wu
Noun
故事
- story (sequence of real or fictional events, or an account of such a sequence); tale; narrative; plot
- 愛情故事／爱情故事 ― àiqíng gùshi ― love story
- 一個悲傷的故事／一个悲伤的故事 ― yīge bēishāng de gùshi ― a sad story
- 講故事／讲故事 ― jiǎng gùshi ― to tell a story
- 背後的故事／背后的故事 ― bèihòu de gùshi ― the story behind it
- 歷史故事／历史故事 ― lìshǐ gùshi ― stories from history
- 鬼故事 ― guǐgùshi ― ghost story
- 作者不明的故事 ― zuòzhě bùmíng de gùshì ― a story of unknown authorship
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄕˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gùshìh
- Wade–Giles: ku4-shih4
- Yale: gù-shr̀
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhshyh
- Palladius: гуши (guši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gu3 si6
- Yale: gu sih
- Cantonese Pinyin: gu3 si6
- Guangdong Romanization: gu3 xi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuː³³ siː²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: kuH dzriH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤaʔ-s rəʔ-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*kaːs zrɯs/
Noun
故事
- (archaic) old matter
- (archaic) old practice or system; well-established convention or routine
- (archaic) accident
Synonyms
- (accident):
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 故 | 事 |
| こ Grade: 5 |
じ Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
Pronunciation
Noun
- historical fact (mostly related to tradition), historical event
- folklore
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.