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事故

shì gù

HSK 6 2-character word Measure word 桩、起、次

What 事故 means

1. accident

The characters in 事故

• 事shìmatter; thing; item
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason

Example sentences

• 事故发生。
  Accidents happen.
• 事故无法避免。
  Accidents are inevitable.
• 他遇到了事故。
  He had an accident.
• 事故发生在转角。
  Shìgù fāshēng zài zhuǎnjiǎo.
  The accident took place at that corner.
• 事故发生在前天。
  The accident happened the day before yesterday.
• 他在事故中受伤。
  He was injured in the accident.

Words starting with 事故

• 事故照射shì gù zhào shèaccidental exposure

Words containing 事故

• 人身事故rén shēn shì gùaccident causing injury or death
• 意外事故yì wài shì gùaccident
• 责任事故zé rèn shì gùaccident occurring due to negligence
• 沉船事故chén chuán shì gùa shipwreck; a sinking

Sounds the same

Read shì gù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 世故the ways of the world
• 是故therefore; so; consequently