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

WORDS

东归 dōng guī lit. to return east; fig. to return to one's homeland
弃邪归正 qì xié guī zhèng to give up evil and return to virtue
荣归主 róng guī zhǔ Gloria (section of Catholic mass)
荣归故里 róng guī gù lǐ to return home with honor
树高千丈，落叶归根 shù gāo qiān zhàng ， luò yè guī gēn see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根[shu4 gao1 qian1 zhang4 , ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1]
树高千丈，叶落归根 shù gāo qiān zhàng ， yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb); fig. everything has its ancestral home; in old age, an expatriate returns home
欧当归 ōu dāng guī (botany) lovage; Levisticum officinale
归仁 guī rén Kueijen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
归仁乡 guī rén xiāng Kueijen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
归侨 guī qiáo Chinese person who returns to China after living as an expatriate
归公 guī gōng to commandeer; to take over for the state
归化 guī huà old name for district of Hohhot city 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia; naturalization
归口 guī kǒu to return to one's original trade; to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority; (the) relevant (department in charge of sth)
归向 guī xiàng to turn toward
归因 guī yīn to attribute; to ascribe
归因理论 guī yīn lǐ lùn attribution theory (psychology)
归宁 guī níng (literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents
归属权 guī shǔ quán right of attribution
归心者 guī xīn zhě religious convert
归根 guī gēn to return home (after a lifetime's absence); to go back to one's roots
归根结柢 guī gēn jié dǐ variant of 歸根結底|归根结底[gui1 gen1 jie2 di3]
归根结蒂 guī gēn jié dì ultimately; in the final analysis; after all; when all is said and done
归正 guī zhèng to return to the right path; to mend one's ways; to reform; Reformed (church etc)
归牧 guī mù to return from pasture
归省 guī xǐng to go home for a visit; to return to one's parents' home to pay respects
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