guī

to return; to go back to; to belong to

Character data

Radical ⽌ (77.14)
Strokes 18
SIMPLIFIED

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
to die (Buddhism)
homeward journey; return trip
to sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts
inductive reasoning
induction (method of deduction in logic)
to sum up; to conclude; in a nutshell
old name of Hohhot in Inner Mongolia
channel tropism (TCM)
to blame sb
to die
arguing by contradiction; reductio ad absurdum
the way back; return route
the way back; one's journey home
to return sth; to revert
to submit
calculation on the abacus; long division
to return to one's unit
to go back to one's native place and live in seclusion
Ground Zero
to surrender and pay allegiance to
to classify; to categorize
different paths to the same goal
go back where one belongs
to return to China after a period of study or work overseas