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

归真 guī zhēn to die (Buddhism)
归真返璞 guī zhēn fǎn pú see 返璞歸真|返璞归真[fan3 pu2 gui1 zhen1]
归纳推理 guī nà tuī lǐ inductive reasoning
归纳法 guī nà fǎ induction (method of deduction in logic)
归绥 guī suí old name for Hohhot city 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia
归经 guī jīng channel tropism (TCM)
归谬法 guī miù fǎ reductio ad absurdum; arguing by contradiction; also called 反證法|反证法
归路 guī lù the way back; return route
归除 guī chú long division; calculation on the abacus
归零地 guī líng dì Ground Zero
水落归槽 shuǐ luò guī cáo spilt water returns to the trough (idiom); fig. people remember where they belong
海归 hǎi guī sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1]); to return to China after a period of study or work overseas
涓滴归公 juān dī guī gōng every drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused
百川归海 bǎi chuān guī hǎi all things tend in one direction (idiom)
秭归 zǐ guī Zigui county in Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1], Hubei
秭归县 zǐ guī xiàn Zigui county in Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1], Hubei
空手而归 kōng shǒu ér guī to return empty-handed; to fail to win anything
线性回归 xiàn xìng huí guī linear regression (statistics)
纵虎归山 zòng hǔ guī shān lit. to let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities
落叶归根 luò yè guī gēn Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[Zhang1 Yang2], starring 趙本山|赵本山[Zhao4 Ben3 shan1]; lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); fig. all things go back to their source eventually; in old age, an expatriate returns home
衣锦荣归 yī jǐn róng guī to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory
解甲归田 jiě jiǎ guī tián to remove armor and return to the farm; to return to civilian life
言归于好 yán guī yú hǎo to become reconciled; to bury the hatchet
责有攸归 zé yǒu yōu guī responsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)
递归 dì guī recursion; recursive (calculation); recurrence
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