故人

gùrén
  1. old friend
  2. the deceased

CEDICT

  1. (literary) former spouse or lover
  2. (literary) old friend
  3. (literary) the dead; the deceased; the departed
  4. former spouse or lover
  5. old friend
  6. the dead; the deceased; the departed

Wiktionary

  1. 老友。
  2. 前妻。
  3. 已死去的人。

重編國語辭典

  1. 以前的配偶或戀人
  2. 已經死去的人
  3. 老朋友，舊友

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 故 gù
  1. happening
  2. instance
  3. reason
  4. cause
  5. intentional
  6. former
  7. old
  8. friend
  9. therefore
  10. hence
  11. (of people) to die, dead
2 人 rén person; people

classifiers: 個, 位

Containing this entry

已作故人 yǐzuògùrén to have passed away

Related entries

故友 gùyǒu
  1. old friend
  2. deceased friend
老友 lǎoyǒu
  1. old friend
  2. sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
老朋友 lǎopéngyou
  1. old friend
  2. (slang) period
  3. menstruation
我们是老朋友了。

We're friends from way back.

We're old friends.

Source: Tatoeba

舊交 jiùjiāo
  1. old friend
  2. former acquaintance
舊友 jiùyǒu old friend
舊故 jiùgù
  1. old friend
  2. former acquaintance
雅故 yǎgù
  1. old friend
  2. correct interpretation
世伯 shìbó
  1. uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father)
  2. old friend
故交 gùjiāo
  1. former acquaintance
  2. old friend
舊識 jiùshí
  1. former acquaintance
  2. old friend
亡者 wángzhě the deceased
死者 sǐzhě
  1. the dead
  2. the deceased
我看到死者们。

I see dead people.

Source: Tatoeba

逝者 shìzhě
  1. the dead
  2. the deceased