事故
shì gùㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: SỰ CỐ
Traditional: 事故
HSK 6HSK 3.0 · 5TOCFL 5
Meaning(noun)
accident
Measure words: 桩、起、次
Examples
路上发生了一起交通事故。
lù shang fā shēng le yì qǐ jiāo tōng shì gù.
There was a traffic accident on the road.
工厂一年没有发生安全事故。
gōng chǎng yì nián méi yǒu fā shēng ān quán shì gù.
The factory has had no safety incidents for a year.
这次事故的原因还在调查。
zhè cì shì gù de yuán yīn hái zài diào chá.
The cause of the accident is still under investigation.
Easily confused
- 故事 — Reversed characters: 故事 is a story, 事故 is an accident.
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Stroke order
SỰ · 8 strokes
matter; thing; item; work; affair
CỐ · 9 strokes
happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
Related words
- 事情 shì qing — affair; matter; thing; business
- 故事 gù shi — narrative; story; tale
- 同事 tóng shì — colleague; co-worker
- 事实 shì shí — fact
- 军事 jūn shì — military affairs; (attributive) military
- 从事 cóng shì — to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
- 事物 shì wù — thing; object
- 事先 shì xiān — in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior