故事

Chinese

		happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (故事)		故	事
anagram		事故

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùshi, gùshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ˙ㄕ, ㄍㄨˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ si⁶
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'gu⁴ si⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ku-sṳ
• Jin (Wiktionary): gu³ si²
• Northern Min (KCR): gu̿-si̿
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kò͘-sū / kò͘-sīr / kò͘-sī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gu⁷ se⁷

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ku-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùshi
    • 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: gùshì
    • 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/
• 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/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'gu⁴ si⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈku³⁵ sz̩¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ku-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ku⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: gu³ si²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /ku⁴⁵ sz̩⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gu̿-si̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³³ si³³/
• 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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ku-zy
    • MiniDict: ku^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ku-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ku³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

故事

1. 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

Synonyms

• 情節／情节 (qíngjié)
• (in Japanese contexts) 物語／物语 (wùyǔ)
• (Cantonese) 古仔
• (Jin) 瞎話／瞎话

Derived terms

• 故事書／故事书 (gùshishū)
• 故事片
• 框架故事 (kuàngjià gùshì)
• 民間故事／民间故事 (mínjiān gùshi)
• 用戶故事／用户故事 (yònghù gùshi)
• 警世故事 (jǐngshì gùshì)
• 鬼故事

 

Related terms

• 小說／小说 (xiǎoshuō)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gùshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ si⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gùshì
    • 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/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: kuH dzriH

Rime
Character	故	事
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	古暮切	鉏吏切
Baxter	kuH	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuoH/	/d͡ʒɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/koH/	/d͡ʒieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li Rong	/koH/	/d͡ʒiəH/
Wang Li	/kuH/	/d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuoH/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gù	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu3	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*kˤaʔ-s  [m-s-]rəʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kaːs  zrɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	故	事
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	gù	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ kuH ›	‹ dzriH ›
Old Chinese	/*kˁaʔ-s/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English	old (not new)	serve; service, affair
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	故	事
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	4228	11486
Phonetic component	古	史
Rime group	魚	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	顧	事
Old Chinese	/*kaːs/	/*zrɯs/
Notes		史吏轉註字

Noun

故事

1. (archaic) old matter

   • 知農不離其故事，則草必墾矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     知农不离其故事，则草必垦矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Lord Shang, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Zhì nóng bù lí qí gùshì, zé cǎo bì kěn yǐ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 余所謂述故事，整齊其世傳，非所謂作也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     余所谓述故事，整齐其世传，非所谓作也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Yú suǒwèi shù gùshì, zhěngqí qí shìchuán, fēi suǒwèi zuò yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (archaic) old practice or system; well-established convention or routine

   • 宣帝循武帝故事，招名儒俊材置左右。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Xuāndì xún Wǔdì gùshì, zhāo míngrú jùncái zhì zuǒyòu. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (archaic) accident

Synonyms

• (accident):

• 不幸事件 (bùxìng shìjiàn)
• 不測／不测 (bùcè)
• 事故 (shìgù)
• 失閃／失闪 (shīshǎn)
• 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
• 岔子 (chàzi)
• 差池
• 差錯／差错 (chācuò)
• 意外 (yìwài)
• 緣故／缘故 (yuángù) (archaic)
• 變故／变故 (biàngù)
• 長短／长短 (chángduǎn)
• 閃失／闪失 (shǎnshī)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
故	事
こ Grade: 5	じ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• Homophones: 誇示, 孤児, 固持, 固辞, 古字

Noun

故(こ)事(じ) • (koji) 

1. historical fact (mostly related to tradition), historical event
2. folklore

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.