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

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ˙ㄕ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ku-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): kò͘-sīr / kò͘-sū / kò͘-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gùshi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ˙ㄕ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guh.shy
  - IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu³ si⁶
  - Yale: gu sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu³ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ku-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: gu sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gu⁴ si⁴
  - IPA: /ku⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: kòo-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-sū
  - Tâi-lô: kòo-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: korsu
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ¹¹⁻⁵³ su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ²¹⁻⁴¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kɔ²¹⁻⁵³ su²²/
- (Hokkien: Philippines, Jinjiang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kò͘-sī
  - Tâi-lô: kòo-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: korsi
  - IPA (Philippines, Jinjiang): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ɕi⁴¹/

Noun

故事

story; tale; narrative
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 ― guǐ gùshi ― ghost story

Synonyms

物語／物语 (wùyǔ)

Derived terms

故事片 (gùshipiàn)
框架故事 (kuàngjià gùshì)

民間故事／民间故事 (mínjiān gùshì)
警世故事 (jǐngshì gùshì)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gùshì

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gu³ si⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: gùshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gu³ si⁶
  - Yale: gu sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gu³ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gu³ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kuː³³ siː²²/

Noun

故事

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

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

Noun

故事 (hiragana こじ, rōmaji koji)

historical fact (mostly related to tradition), historical event
folklore

References

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

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