归 guī

return; return to, revert to

HSK 5 #933

DEFINITIONS

  • return
  • return to, revert to
  • surname Gui
  • to return
  • to go back to
  • to give back to
  • (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
  • to belong to
  • to gather together
  • (used between two identical verbs) despite
  • to marry (of a woman) (old)
  • division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

STROKES

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WORDS

归纳 guī nà
HSK 5
to sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts; induction (method of deduction in logic)
归还 guī huán
HSK 6
to return sth; to revert
归根到底 guī gēn dào dǐ
HSK 6
after all; in the final analysis; ultimately
回归 huí guī to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
无家可归 wú jiā kě guī homeless
归咎 guī jiù to put the blame on; to accuse
归功 guī gōng to give credit; to give sb his due; attribution
归队 guī duì to return to one's unit; to go back to one's station in life
归宿 guī sù place to return to; home; final destination; ending
归于 guī yú to belong to; affiliated to; to result in sth; to incline towards
归属 guī shǔ to belong to; to be affiliated to; to fall under the jurisdiction of; a place where one feels that one belongs; one's final destination (where one need look no further)
言归正传 yán guī zhèng zhuàn to return to the topic (idiom); to get back to the main point
归罪 guī zuì to blame sb
归档 guī dàng to file away; to place on file
总归 zǒng guī eventually; after all; anyhow
归结 guī jié to sum up; to conclude; in a nutshell; the end (of a story)
归案 guī àn to bring to justice; to file away (a document)
同归于尽 tóng guī yú jìn to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself; to end in mutual destruction
改邪归正 gǎi xié guī zhèng to mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
归位 guī wèi to put sth back where it belongs; to return to the original position; to return to one's seat (in a classroom)
归属感 guī shǔ gǎn sense of belonging
物归原主 wù guī yuán zhǔ to return something to its rightful owner
归根结底 guī gēn jié dǐ in the final analysis; ultimately
归类 guī lèi to classify; to categorize
归西 guī xī to die; euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise
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