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

實至名 shí zhì míng guī fame follows merit (idiom)
fù guī to return; to come back
捉拿案 zhuō ná guī àn to bring to justice
改邪正 gǎi xié guī zhèng to mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
早出晚 zǎo chū wǎn guī to leave early and return late (idiom)
dōng guī lit. to return east; fig. to return to one's homeland
棄邪正 qì xié guī zhèng to give up evil and return to virtue
róng guī to return home with honor
主 róng guī zhǔ Gloria (section of Catholic mass)
故里 róng guī gù lǐ to return home with honor
樹高千丈,落葉根 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]
樹高千丈,葉落根 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
歐當 ōu dāng guī (botany) lovage; Levisticum officinale
仁 guī rén Kueijen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
仁鄉 guī rén xiāng Kueijen township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
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)
併 guī bìng to put together; to add; to merge
依 guī yī to convert to (a religion); to rely upon; refuge; mainstay
僑 guī qiáo Chinese person who returns to China after living as an expatriate
入 guī rù to assign (to a class); to classify as; to include
公 guī gōng to commandeer; to take over for the state
功 guī gōng to give credit; to give sb his due; attribution
化 guī huà old name for district of Hohhot city 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia; naturalization
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)
向 guī xiàng to turn toward