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缘故

yuán gù

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 緣故

缘故 (yuán gù) means "reason; cause". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 缘故 means

1. reason
2. cause

The characters in 缘故

• 缘yuáncause; reason; karma
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason

Example sentences

• 你知道为什么吗？是猫的缘故。
  Nǐ zhīdào wèishénme ma? shì māo de yuángù.
  And you know why? Because of cats.
• 你知道为什幺吗？是猫的缘故。
  And you know why? Because of cats.
• 我讨厌前面的车毫无缘故地突然煞车。
  I hate when the driver in front of me hits the brakes for no reason.
• 因为我这份工作的缘故，我总是要打领带。
  Yīnwèi wǒ zhè fèn gōngzuò de yuángù, wǒ zǒngshì yào dǎ lǐngdài.
  I always have to wear a tie because of my job.
• 伦敦过去因为经济和文化的缘故，十分重要。
  Lúndūn guòqù yīnwèi jīngjì hé wénhuà de yuángù, shífēn zhòngyào.
  London was very important for economical and cultural reasons.

Sounds the same

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

• 原故variant of 缘故

Where 缘故 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Greatness, Principles & Courage (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yuán gù correctly.
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