归
guī
return; return to, revert to
- Strokes
- 5
- Level
- HSK 4 · TOCFL Level 5
- Frequency
- No. 1,129
- Traditional
- 歸
How to write 归, stroke by stroke
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What 归 means
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
Ideographic: Simplified form of 歸; a wife 帚 returning home; 追 provides the pronunciation
Made of 彐
Words with 归
- 回归huí guīto return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
- 归来guī láito return; to come back
- 归还guī huánto return sth; to revert
- 归宿guī sùplace to return to; home; final destination; ending
- 归队guī duìto return to one's unit; to go back to one's station in life
- 归于guī yúto belong to; affiliated to; to result in sth; to incline towards
- 归属guī shǔto belong to; to be affiliated to; to fall under the jurisdiction of; a place where one feels that one belongs; one's final destination (where one need look no further)
- 总归zǒng guīanyhow; after all; eventually
- 归档guī dàngto file away; to place on file
- 归案guī ànto bring to justice; to file away (a document)
- 归类guī lèito classify; to categorize
- 归西guī xīto die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise)
归 in a sentence
qǐng nǐ zài yuè dú wán bì hòu guī huán cǐ shū 。
Please return the book when you have finished reading it.
wǒ de chéng gōng yào guī gōng yú tā 。
I owe my success to his help.
tàn xún de rén ， zhōng guī néng zhǎo dào 。
Who searches, finds.
wèi wǎn guī zhǎo gè jiè kǒu 。
To make an excuse for having stayed out late.
tā bǎ tā de cuò wù guī jiù yú huài yùn qì 。
He ascribes his failure to bad luck.