# 无故 (wúgù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 无故 (wúgù) means “without cause; for no reason”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: without cause; for no reason
- Pinyin: wúgù (wu2 gu4)
- Traditional: 無故
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 不要无故旷工。
  Bùyào wúgù kuànggōng.
  Do not be absent from work without a reason.

## Characters

- [无](https://hanziro.com/word/wu-without/) (wú): (literary) without; no, not
- [故](https://hanziro.com/word/gu-reason/) (gù): reason; therefore

https://hanziro.com/word/wu-gu-without-cause/

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