HSK 6 · Society

事故 shìgù “accident” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 事故 means

  1. accident

Measure word 桩 zhuāng or 起 qǐ · 一桩事故 yì zhuāng shìgù

How to say 事故

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale事shì4th 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

事故 in a sentence

  1. 我们在调查事故发生的原因。

    Wǒmen zài diàochá shìgù fāshēng de yuányīn.

    We’re looking into the cause of the accident.

    Sentence #970201 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 事故耽误了我们半小时。

    Shìgù dānwu le wǒmen bàn xiǎoshí.

    The accident held us up for half an hour.

    Sentence #332595 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我没有在事故中受伤。

    Wǒ méiyǒu zài shìgù zhōng shòushāng.

    I wasn’t injured in the accident.

    Sentence #12569615 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 事故 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 事 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
事shìmatter
  • 一one · yī
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 彐snout · jì
  • 亅hook · jué
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 事故

事 8 strokes · 故 9 strokes

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

Words related to 事故

Words with 事

事shì · matter没事méishì · it’s nothing事情shìqing · matter同事tóngshì · colleague故事gùshi · story从事cóngshì · to engage in人事rénshì · personnel军事jūnshì · military affairs事实shìshí · fact事物shìwù · thing

Words with 故

故事gùshi · story故意gùyì · deliberately故乡gùxiāng · hometown故障gùzhàng · fault变故biàngù · misfortune缘故yuángù · reason

More words: Society & Law

审理shěnlǐ · to hear (a case)审判shěnpàn · to try (in court)社区shèqū · community释放shìfàng · to release势力shìli · power示威shìwēi · to hold a demonstration失踪shīzōng · to go missing司法sīfǎ · judicial

FAQs

事故 (shìgù) means “accident”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it shìgù: shì 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.
Yes. 事故 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 桩 (zhuāng) or 起 (qǐ). For example, one accident is 一桩事故 (yì zhuāng shìgù).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shigu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 事故 from the suggestions. Typing shigu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
事故 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.