故

gù

Meaning

• happening
• instance
• reason · cause
• intentional
• former
• old
• friend
• therefore · hence
• to die, dead

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Example sentences

• 我不思，故我不在。

  wǒ bù sī， gù wǒ bù zài。

  I do not think, therefore I am not.

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• HSK 3.0 · Levels 7-9
• TOCFL · Level 5