缘故 yuángù▶ Alasan; Sebab

Stroke order

缘故 is written in 21 strokes across 2 characters.

• 缘 — 12 strokes
• 故 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. reason
2. cause

Related words

• 事故Kecelakaan
• 变故Kemalangan, nasib buruk
• 故乡Kampung halaman
• 故障kesalahan
• 边缘tepi
• 故意sengaja

缘故 is pronounced yuángù and means “Alasan; Sebab”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 缘故 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.