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变故 biàngù “misfortune” in Chinese

Traditional 變故

What 变故 means

  1. misfortune
  2. unforeseen event
  3. accident

How to say 变故

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale变biàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale故gù4th tone, falling

变故 in a sentence

  1. 家里发生了变故，他只好回国。

    Jiālǐ fāshēng le biàngù, tā zhǐhǎo huíguó.

    Something happened at home, so he had to return to his country.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 经过这场变故，她变得更坚强了。

    Jīngguò zhè chǎng biàngù, tā biàn de gèng jiānqiáng le.

    After that misfortune, she became stronger.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 变故 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 变 (biàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
变biànto change
  • 亦also · yì
  • 又again · yòu
The character 故 (gù) with each of its parts in a different colour
故gùhappening
  • 古old · gǔSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 古 (gǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with gù.

How to write 变故

变 8 strokes · 故 9 strokes

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变故 (biàngù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 变故 (biàngù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 变故

Words with 变

变biàn · to change变化biànhuà · change变成biànchéng · to turn into改变gǎibiàn · to change转变zhuǎnbiàn · to change变质biànzhì · to go bad变迁biànqiān · changes演变yǎnbiàn · to evolve

Words with 故

故事gùshi · story故意gùyì · deliberately故乡gùxiāng · hometown事故shìgù · accident故障gùzhàng · fault缘故yuángù · reason

More words: Ideas & Concepts

半途而废bàntú'érfèi · to give up halfway饱经沧桑bǎojīngcāngsāng · to have lived through many ups and downs本能běnnéng · instinct本事běnshi · ability变迁biànqiān · changes辩证biànzhèng · dialectical弊病bìbìng · drawback弊端bìduān · abuse

FAQs

变故 (biàngù) means “misfortune” or “unforeseen event”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it biàngù: biàn with a 4th tone, then gù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 变故 is written 變故. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type biangu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 变故 from the suggestions. Typing biangu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
变故 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.