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Found 59 word entries for "故" Link to this search: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/search/?searchtype=1&text=%E6%95%85
	Word	jyutping	pinyin	Meaning
	故事	gu3 si6	gu4 shi4	story, narrative, tale
	鬼故事	gwai2 gu3 si6	gui3 gu4 shi4	a ghost story
	鬼故	gwai2 gu3*2		粵   a ghost story
	故意	gu3 ji3	gu4 yi4	purposely; on purpose; deliberately
	事故	si6 gu3	shi4 gu4	accident
	緣故	jyun4 gu3	yuan2 gu4	reason
	故鄉	gu3 hoeng1	gu4 xiang1	one's native land; hometown, native place
	故障	gu3 zoeng3	gu4 zhang4	glitch, breakdown, snag, fault, error
	故此	gu3 ci2	gu4 ci3	for this reason, on this account
	是必有故	si6 bit1 jau5 gu3		國   there must be a reason
	講故事	gong2 gu3 si6		to tell a story or a tale, taletelling
	事故照射	si6 gu3 ziu3 se6	shi4 gu4 zhao4 she4	accidental exposure
	故障排除	gu3 zoeng3 paai4 ceoi4	gu4 zhang4 pai2 chu2	fault resolution; trouble clearing
	離開故鄉	lei4 hoi1 gu3 hoeng1	li2 kai1 gu4 xiang4	to leave one's homeland
	不知何故	bat1 zi1 ho4 gu3	bu4 zhi1 he2 gu4	國   [adv] somehow
	故里	gu3 lei5	gu4 li3	hometown; native place
	故居	gu3 geoi1	gu4 ju1	former residence
	故宮	gu3 gung1	gu4 gong1	The Imperial Palace
	因...之故	jan1 zi1 gu3	yin1 zhi1 gu4	inasmuch
	故事書	gu3 si6 syu1		story book
	明知故問	ming4 zi1 gu3 man6	ming2 zhi1 gu4 wen4	to ask about something one already knows
	已故	ji5 gu3	yi3 gu4	the late; deceased
	故弄玄虛	gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1	gu4 nung4 xuan2 xu1	make things more complicated and mysterious than they are
	醫療事故	ji1 liu4 si6 gu3	yi1 liao2 shi4 gu4	unskillful and faulty medical or surgical treatment; malpractice
	歷史故事	lik6 si2 gu3 si6	li4 shi3 gu4 shi4	historical tale
	寓言故事	jyu6 jin4 gu3 si6	yu4 yan2 gu4 shi4	fable story
	民間故事	man4 gaan1 gu3 si6	min2 jian1 gu4 shi5	[n] folk story; folktale
	童話故事	tung4 waa6 gu3 si6	tong2 hua4 gu4 shi4	fairy tale
	故事內容	gu3 si6 noi6 jung4		story-line
	故事圖片	gu3 si6 tou4 pin3		storyboard
	明知故犯	ming4 zi1 gu3 faan6		commit a crime or mistake on purpose
	故人	gu3 jan4	gu4 ren2	old friend
	無故	mou4 gu3	wu2 gu4	without cause or reason
	故作	gu3 zok3	gu4 zuo4	doing intentionally
	典故	din2 gu3	dian3 gu4	allusion; literary quotation
	平白無故	ping4 baak6 mou4 gu3	ping2 bai2 wu2 gu4	國   for no obvious reason; for no reason at all
	他鄉遇故知	taa1 hoeng1 jyu6 gu3 zi1		run into an old friend in a foreign place
	無緣無故	mou4 jyun4 mou4 gu3	wu2 yuan2 wu2 gu4	for no reason
	非親非故	fei1 can1 fei1 gu3	fei1 qin1 fei1 gu4	not well-acquainted with; not family or friend
	溫故知新	wan1 gu3 zi1 san1	wen1 gu4 zhi1 xin1	reflect on the past to know the future; review the old to know the new
	故土	gu3 tou2	gu4 tu3	hometown
	故國	gu3 gwok3	gu4 guo2	homeland; native land
	故步自封	gu3 bou6 zi6 fung1	gu4 bu4 zi4 feng1	be overly conservative; confine oneself to the old pattern of doing things
	借故	ze3 gu3	jie4 gu4	to find an excuse
	世故	sai3 gu3	shi4 gu5; shi4 gu4	worldly-wise; sophisticated
	一見如故	jat1 gin3 jyu4 gu3	yi1 jian4 ru2 gu4	hit it off right away
	古靈精怪	gu2 ling4 zing1 gwaai3	gu3 ling2 jing1 guai4	粵   strange; weird; grotesque
	核武器事故	hat6 mou5 hei3 si6 gu3	he2 wu3 qi4 shi4 gu4	nuclear weapon accident
	故城縣	gu3 sing4 jyun6	gu4 cheng2 xian4	Gucheng county (county in Shandong)
	道故	dou6 gu3	dao4 gu4	reminisce about the past
	故交	gu3 gaau1	gu4 jiao1	old friend
	故舊	gu3 gau6	gu4 jiu4	old friends; old acquaintances
	亡故	mong4 gu3	wang2 gu4	pass away; decease
	革故鼎新	gaak3 gu3 ding2 san1	ge2 gu4 ding3 xin1	discard the old in favor of the new
	蹈常襲故	dou6 soeng4 zaap6 gu3	dao3 (PRC) dao4 (TW) chang2 xi2 gu4	follow the beaten track; follow established ways and patterns
	吐故納新	tou3 gu3 naap6 san1	tu3 gu4 na4 xin1	out with the old in with the new; exale stale air and breathe in fresh air
	重施故技	cung5 si1 gu3 gei6	zhong4 shi1 gu4 ji4	up to one's old tricks
	香港電腦保安事故協調中心	hoeng1 gong2 din6 nou5 bou2 on1 si6 gu3 hip3 tiu4 zung1 sam1		Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Co-ordination Centre (HK CERT)
	運輸署的緊急事故交通協調中心	wan6 syu1 cyu5 dik1 gan2 gap1 si6 gu3 gaau1 tung1 hip3 tiu4 zung1 sam1		國   Transport Department's emergency transport co-ordination centre

Found 2 Chinese Examples for "故"
	他搞不好是故意的	國 He may have done it intentionally.
	呢個係一個開頭光芒芒，後尾黑壓壓嘅故事	粵 This is a story that starts out innocently but ends up being very dark.