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

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WORDS

归并 guī bìng to put together; to add; to merge
归心 guī xīn converted to (religion)
归心似箭 guī xīn sì jiàn with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)
归拢 guī lǒng to gather; to rake together; to pile up
归附 guī fù to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc); to submit
当归 dāng guī Angelica sinensis
叶落归根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home; In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
一命归天 yī mìng guī tiān see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
一命归西 yī mìng guī xī see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
一命归阴 yī mìng guī yīn see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
三归依 sān guī yī the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha); see also 三寶|三宝[san1 bao3]
不完全归纳推理 bù wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ inference by incomplete induction
不醉不归 bù zuì bù guī to not go home until drunk (idiom); let's make a night of it!
久假不归 jiǔ jiǎ bù guī to fail to return a borrowed item
九九归一 jiǔ jiǔ guī yī nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule); when all is said and done
九归 jiǔ guī abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)
于归 yú guī (literary) (of a girl) to marry
于归之喜 yú guī zhī xǐ the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman)
同途殊归 tóng tú shū guī same road out, different ones back
命归黄泉 mìng guī huáng quán lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huang2 quan2] (idiom); fig. to die; to meet one's end
回归年 huí guī nián the solar year; the year defined as the period between successive equinoxes
回归热 huí guī rè recurring fever
夜不归宿 yè bù guī sù to stay out all night (idiom)
姊归县 zǐ guī xiàn Zigui county in Hubei province
完全归纳推理 wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ inference by complete induction
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