HSK 6 · Adjectives

无辜 wúgū “innocent” in Chinese

Traditional 無辜

What 无辜 means

  1. innocent
  2. blameless

How to say 无辜

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale无wú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale辜gū1st tone, high and level

无辜 in a sentence

  1. 他们都是无辜的孩子。

    Tāmen dōu shì wúgū de háizi.

    They’re all innocent children.

    Sentence #792810 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他当然是无辜的。

    Tā dāngrán shì wúgū de.

    Of course he’s innocent.

    Sentence #829558 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他摆出一副无辜的样子。

    Tā bǎichū yí fù wúgū de yàngzi.

    He put on an innocent look.

    Sentence #8795204 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 无辜 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 无 (wú) with each of its parts in a different colour
无wúnot to have
  • 一one · yī
  • 尢lame · wāng
The character 辜 (gū) with each of its parts in a different colour
辜gūcrime; sin
  • 古old · gǔSound part
  • 辛bitter · xīnMeaning part

辛 hints at the meaning (bitter); 古 (gǔ) hints at the sound. Compare it with gū.

How to write 无辜

无 4 strokes · 辜 12 strokes

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

Words related to 无辜

Words with 无

无wú · not to have无聊wúliáo · bored无论wúlùn · no matter what or how无法wúfǎ · to be unable to无奈wúnài · to have no alternative无数wúshù · countless无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter无赖wúlài · rogue无比wúbǐ · incomparable无耻wúchǐ · shameless

Words with 辜

辜负gūfù · to let down

More words: Adjectives

温和wēnhé · mild文雅wényǎ · elegant无比wúbǐ · incomparable无耻wúchǐ · shameless乌黑wūhēi · jet-black无能为力wúnéngwéilì · powerless无穷无尽wúqióngwújìn · endless无微不至wúwēibúzhì · in every possible way

FAQs

无辜 (wúgū) means “innocent” or “blameless”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wúgū: wú with a 2nd tone, then gū with a 1st 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, 无辜 is written 無辜. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wugu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 无辜 from the suggestions. Typing wugu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
无辜 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.