变故 biàngù▶ Kemalangan, nasib buruk

Stroke order

变故 is written in 17 strokes across 2 characters.

• 变 — 8 strokes
• 故 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. an unforeseen event
2. accident
3. misfortune

Related words

• 事故Kecelakaan
• 变质memburuk
• 变迁Perubahan
• 故乡Kampung halaman
• 故障kesalahan
• 演变evolusi

变故 is pronounced biàngù and means “Kemalangan, nasib buruk”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 变故 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.