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

涓滴公 juān dī guī gōng every drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused
滿載而 mǎn zài ér guī to return from a rewarding journey
無家可 wú jiā kě guī homeless
原主 wù guī yuán zhǔ to return something to its rightful owner
dāng guī Angelica sinensis
百川海 bǎi chuān guī hǎi all things tend in one direction (idiom)
zǐ guī Zigui county in Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1], Hubei
縣 zǐ guī xiàn Zigui county in Yichang 宜昌[Yi2 chang1], Hubei
空手而 kōng shǒu ér guī to return empty-handed; to fail to win anything
線性回 xiàn xìng huí guī linear regression (statistics)
縱虎山 zòng hǔ guī shān lit. to let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities
zǒng guī eventually; after all; anyhow
落葉根 luò yè guī gēn Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[Zhang1 Yang2], starring 趙本山|赵本山[Zhao4 Ben3 shan1]; lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); fig. all things go back to their source eventually; in old age, an expatriate returns home
葉落根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home; In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
血本無 xuè běn wú guī to lose everything one invested (idiom); to lose one's shirt
衣錦榮 yī jǐn róng guī to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory
視死如 shì sǐ rú guī to view death as a return home; to not be afraid of dying; to face death with equanimity (idiom)
解甲田 jiě jiǎ guī tián to remove armor and return to the farm; to return to civilian life
於好 yán guī yú hǎo to become reconciled; to bury the hatchet
正傳 yán guī zhèng zhuàn to return to the topic (idiom); to get back to the main point
責有攸 zé yǒu yōu guī responsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)
賓至如 bīn zhì rú guī guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc); a home away from home
返璞真 fǎn pú guī zhēn to return to one's true self; to regain the natural state
dì guī recursion; recursive (calculation); recurrence
避其銳氣,擊其惰 bì qí ruì qì , jī qí duò guī avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom)