# 事故
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shìgù
    (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): si$^6$ gu$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-ku
* Eastern Min (BUC): sê̤ṳ-gó
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sīr-kò͘ / sū-kò͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): se$^7$ gu$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zy-ku
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shìgù
*** Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄍㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shìhgù
*** Wade–Giles: shih$^4$-ku$^4$
*** Yale: shr̀-gù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhguh
*** Palladius: шигу (šigu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$世故 事故
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: si$^6$ gu$^3$
*** Yale: sih gu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: si$^6$ gu$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xi$^6$ gu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /siː²² kuː³³/
*** Homophones: $^{edit}$是故 事故
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-ku
*** Hakka Romanization System: sii gu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: si$^4$ gu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ-gó
*** Sinological IPA : /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: se$^7$ gu$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sṳ̄ kù
*** Sinological IPA : /sɯ¹¹ ku²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zy-ku
*** MiniDict: zy$^去$ ku
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zr-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.
       Tā yùdào le yī ge shìgù. [Pinyin]
       He had an accident.
       Tā zài nà cì shìgù zhōng ānránwúyàng. [Pinyin]
       She came out of the accident unscathed.
       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

* 不幸事件 (bùxìng shìjiàn)
* 不測 / 不测 (bùcè)
* 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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) じこ [jíꜜkò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [d͡ʑiko̞]
* (Kyoto) じ​こ [jíꜜkò] (Kōki)

### 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

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

## 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”).