歸 guī

to return; to go back to; to belong to

Character data

Radical ⽌ (77.14)
Strokes 18
SIMPLIFIED 归

Definitions

歸 guī
  1. 1. to return
  2. 2. to go back to
  3. 3. to belong to
  4. 4. (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by
  5. 5. to give back to
  6. 6. to gather together
  7. 7. (used between two identical verbs) despite
  8. 8. surname Gui
  9. 9. to marry (of a woman) (old)
  10. 10. division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

Words containing 歸

Word Meaning
實至名歸 shí zhì míng guī
fame follows merit (idiom)
復歸 fù guī
to return; to come back
捉拿歸案 zhuō ná guī àn
to bring to justice
改邪歸正 gǎi xié guī zhèng
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways (idiom)
早出晚歸 zǎo chū wǎn guī
to leave early and return late (idiom)
東歸 dōng guī
fig. to return to one's homeland; lit. to return east
棄邪歸正 qì xié guī zhèng
to give up evil and return to virtue
榮歸 róng guī
to return home with honor
榮歸主 róng guī zhǔ
Gloria (section of Catholic mass)
榮歸故里 róng guī gù lǐ
to return home with honor
樹高千丈，落葉歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng ， luò yè guī gēn
however far you go, you return to your roots
樹高千丈，葉落歸根 shù gāo qiān zhàng ， yè luò guī gēn
people return home in the end; remember roots
歐當歸 ōu dāng guī
Levisticum officinale; (botany) lovage
歸仁 guī rén
Guiren, a township in Tainan, Taiwan
歸仁鄉 guī rén xiāng
Guiren Township, Tainan, Taiwan
歸位 guī wèi
to put sth back where it belongs
歸併 guī bìng
to merge; to put together; to add
歸依 guī yī
to convert to (a religion); refuge; to rely upon
歸僑 guī qiáo
returned overseas Chinese person
歸入 guī rù
to classify as; to include; to assign (to a class)
歸公 guī gōng
to take over for the state; to commandeer
歸功 guī gōng
to give credit; to give sb his due; attribution
歸化 guī huà
naturalization
歸口 guī kǒu
(the) relevant (department in charge of sth)
歸向 guī xiàng
to turn toward
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