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Jyutping zik6 gu3
Pinyin jiè gù

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to find an excuse
    (syn.) 藉端, 託詞, 託故, 托故, 藉口, 托词, 借端, 借口
    • 她藉故支走了他。
      她借故支走了他。
      tā jiè gù zhī zǒu le tā .
      She found an excuse to send him away.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)

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Jyutping ze3 gu3
Pinyin jiè gù

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    揾​藉口​嚟​做​啲​嘢​,​令​某件事​聽落​去​合理​啲
    to find an excuse
    • 借故生事
      借故生事
      ze3 gu3 saang1 si6
      to make trouble on a pretext
  2. 參看
    借故
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    她借故支走了他。
    她藉故支走了他。
    tā jiè gù zhī zǒu le tā .
    • She found an excuse to send him away.
  2. Mandarin
    在寻衅滋事犯罪中,孙小果无事生非,借故滋事,具有驾车追逐冲撞、持械随意殴打他人等情节。
    在尋釁滋事犯罪中,孫小果無事生非,藉故滋事,具有駕車追逐衝撞、持械隨意毆打他人等情節。
    zài xún xìn zī shì fàn zuì zhōng , sūn xiǎo guǒ wú shì shēng fēi , jiè gù zī shì , jù yǒu jià chē zhuī zhú chōng zhuàng , chí xiè suí yì ōu dǎ tā rén děng qíng jié .
    • In his offence of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, Sun Xiaoguo made trouble out of nothing and provoke disputes based on excuses. Acts like chasing and hitting others when driving vehicles, or arbitrarily beating others was also observed.