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
every cent goes to public use; no misuse
to return from a rewarding journey
homeless
to return something to its rightful owner
Angelica sinensis
all things tend in one direction (idiom)
Zigui county in Yichang yí chāng, Hubei
Zigui county in Yichang yí chāng, Hubei
to return empty-handed; to fail to win anything
linear regression (statistics)
let a threat go free; invite future trouble
after all; anyhow; eventually
return home in old age; return to one's roots
to return home in the end; homesick in old age
to lose everything one invested (idiom)
return home in glory after success
to not be afraid of dying
to remove armor and return to the farm
to become reconciled; to bury the hatchet
to get back to the main point
responsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)
guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc)
to return to one's true self; to regain the natural state
recursion; recursive (calculation); recurrence
avoid enemy at full strength; hit when tired