故事 (gù shì): meaning and stroke order
故事 (gù shì) means old practice, narrative; story; tale.
故事
- Simplified
- 故事
- Traditional
- 故事 (same form)
- Pinyin
- gù shì · gù shi
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Stroke order of 故事
故
- gù happening; instance
- 9 strokes
Stroke by stroke
事
- shì matter; thing
- 8 strokes
Stroke by stroke
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Meaning of 故事
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gù shì
- old practice
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gù shi
- narrative; story; tale
Radicals of the characters
- 故
- Radical 攴 (Kangxi radical 66) · 9 strokes · 古 on the left, 攵 on the right
- 事
- Radical 亅 (Kangxi radical 6) · 8 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
故事 in our stories
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一路上，老爷爷给他讲了很多西安的故事，还告诉他哪儿的羊肉泡馍最好吃。
yílùshang lǎoyéye gěi tā jiǎng le hěn duō Xī'ān de gùshi hái gàosu tā nǎr de yángròu pàomó zuì hǎochī
All the way, the old man tells him stories about Xi'an and where to find the best lamb and bread soup.
From the story The train to Xi'an HSK 3
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她只好说真话：“我奶奶年轻的时候去过很多地方，我从小就爱听她讲旅行的故事。”
tā zhǐhǎo shuō zhēnhuà wǒ nǎinai niánqīng de shíhou qù guò hěn duō dìfang wǒ cóngxiǎo jiù ài tīng tā jiǎng lǚxíng de gùshi
She has no choice but to tell the truth: "My grandma travelled a lot when she was young. Ever since I was little, I've loved listening to her travel stories."
From the story The honest answer HSK 3
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老师给他讲了一个故事：几个人比赛画蛇，先画完的人能喝一壶酒。
lǎoshī gěi tā jiǎng le yí gè gùshi jǐ gè rén bǐsài huà shé xiān huà wán de rén néng hē yì hú jiǔ
The teacher tells him a story: some men had a snake-drawing race, and the first to finish would get a pot of wine.
From the story Drawing legs on a snake HSK 3
Stories using 故事
- The train to Xi'an HSK 3
- The honest answer HSK 3
- Drawing legs on a snake HSK 3
- Waiting by the tree stump HSK 4
- Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5
- Dragon boats in Hamburg HSK 5
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).