事故

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old
simp. and trad. (事故)		事	故
anagram		故事

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìgù

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ gu³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-ku
Eastern Min (BUC): sê̤ṳ-gó
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sīr-kò͘ / sū-kò͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): se⁷ gu³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zy-ku

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìgù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhgù
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-ku⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-gù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhguh
  - Palladius: шигу (šigu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    世故
    事故
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: si⁶ gu³
  - Yale: sih gu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ gu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ gu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² kuː³³/
  - Homophones:
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    是故
    事故
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-ku
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii gu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ gu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ-gó
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(k-)ou²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-kò͘
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-kòo
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² kɔ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-kò͘
  - Tâi-lô: sū-kòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxkox
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ kɔ¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ kɔ²¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ kɔ²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: se⁷ gu³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̄ kù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɯ¹¹ ku²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy-ku
  - MiniDict: zy^去 ku
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr-ku
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²² ku⁴⁴/

Noun

事故

accident; mishap (Classifier: 個／个 m; 起 m)
緊急事故／紧急事故 ― jǐnjí shìgù ― emergency

踩踏事故 ― cǎità shìgù ― stampede

事故高發路段／事故高发路段 ― shìgù gāofā lùduàn ― stretch of road prone to traffic accidents

出事故了。 ― Chū shìgù le. ― There's been an accident.

他遇到了一個事故。 [MSC, trad.]
他遇到了一个事故。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā yùdào le yī ge shìgù. [Pinyin]
He had an accident.

她在那次事故中安然無恙。 [MSC, trad.]
她在那次事故中安然无恙。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā zài nà cì shìgù zhōng ānránwúyàng. [Pinyin]
She came out of the accident unscathed.

事故的處理要嚴格按照國家法律規定的條例來執行。 [MSC, trad.]
事故的处理要严格按照国家法律规定的条例来执行。 [MSC, simp.]
Shìgù de chùlǐ yào yángé ànzhào guójiā fǎlǜ guīdìng de tiáolì lái zhíxíng. [Pinyin]
Laws and regulations need to be strictly followed when responding to accidents.

Synonyms

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不幸事件 (bùxìng shìjiàn)
不測 / 不测 (bùcè)
代故 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
失閃 / 失闪 (shīshǎn)
好歹 (hǎodǎi)
岔子 (chàzi)
差池
差錯 / 差错 (chācuò)
意外 (yìwài)
故事 (archic)
緣故 / 缘故 (yuángù) (archaic)
變故 / 变故 (biàngù)
長短 / 长短 (chángduǎn)
閃失 / 闪失 (shǎnshī)

Derived terms

人身事故 (rénshēn shìgù)
意外事故 (yìwài shìgù)

Related terms

事變／事变 (shìbiàn)
事件 (shìjiàn)

References

事故 in MDBG Chinese Dictionary
“事故”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	故
じ Grade: 3	こ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じこ [jíꜜkò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑiko̞]

(Kyoto) じこ [jíꜜkò] (Kōki)^[1]

Noun

事(じ)故(こ) • (jiko) (counter 件)

accident; incident; trouble
これは事(じ)故(こ)だ！
Kore wa jiko da!
This is an accident!

Synonyms

(accident): アクシデント (akushidento)
(incident): 事(じ)件(けん) (jiken)

Derived terms

交通事故
坑内事故
自動車事故
人身事故
接触事故
墜落事故
鉄道事故
物損事故
無事故
臨界事故
事故る
事故原因
事故死
事故歴

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “じ‐こ【事故】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
事	故

Noun

事故 • (sago) (hangeul 사고)

hanja form^? of 사고 (“accident”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
事	故

Noun

事故

chữ Hán form of sự cố (“setback”)

[NKD2O-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “じ‐こ【事故】”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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