# 事故 (shìgù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 事故 (shìgù) means “accident”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: accident
- Pinyin: shìgù (shi4 gu4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6
- Measure word: 桩、起、次

## Examples

- 这条路上发生了交通事故。
  Zhè tiáo lù shàng fāshēngle jiāotōng shìgù.
  A traffic accident happened on this road.

## Characters

- [事](https://hanziro.com/word/shi-matter/) (shì): matter; thing
- [故](https://hanziro.com/word/gu-reason/) (gù): reason; therefore

https://hanziro.com/word/shi-gu-accident/

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