guī

return; return to, revert to

DEFINITIONS

歸 guī
  • 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

WORDS

一命天 yī mìng guī tiān see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
一命西 yī mìng guī xī see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
一命陰 yī mìng guī yīn see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
依 sān guī yī the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha); see also 三寶|三宝[san1 bao3]
不完全納推理 bù wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ inference by incomplete induction
不醉不 bù zuì bù guī to not go home until drunk (idiom); let's make a night of it!
久假不 jiǔ jiǎ bù guī to fail to return a borrowed item
九九一 jiǔ jiǔ guī yī nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule); when all is said and done
jiǔ guī abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)
yú guī (literary) (of a girl) to marry
之喜 yú guī zhī xǐ the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman)
huà guī to incorporate; to put under (external administration)
北回線 běi huí guī xiàn Tropic of Cancer
南回線 nán huí guī xiàn Tropic of Capricorn
於盡 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
同途殊 tóng tú shū guī same road out, different ones back
黃泉 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
huí guī to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
年 huí guī nián the solar year; the year defined as the period between successive equinoxes
熱 huí guī rè recurring fever
線 huí guī xiàn tropic; one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer
夜不宿 yè bù guī sù to stay out all night (idiom)
縣 zǐ guī xiàn Zigui county in Hubei province
完全納推理 wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ inference by complete induction
完璧趙 wán bì guī zhào lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner
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