# 缘故 (yuángù)

In Mandarin Chinese, 缘故 (yuángù) means “reason; cause”. It is part of the HSK 6 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: reason; cause
- Pinyin: yuángù (yuan2 gu4)
- Traditional: 緣故
- HSK 3.0 · Level 6
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 他今天不知什么缘故迟到了。
  Tā jīntiān bù zhī shénme yuángù chídàole.
  He was late today for some unknown reason.

## Characters

- 缘 (yuán): cause; reason
- [故](https://hanziro.com/word/gu-reason/) (gù): reason; therefore

https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-gu-reason/

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