guī

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Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 归

回归
huí guī

to return to

改邪归正
gǎi xié guī zhèng

to mend one's ways (idiom)

归来
guī lái

to return

归宿
guī sù

place to return to

归属
guī shǔ

to belong to

归根到底
guī gēn dào dǐ

after all

归纳
guī nà

to sum up

归结
guī jié

to sum up; to conclude; to put in a nutshell

归还
guī huán

to return sth

无家可归
wú jiā kě guī

homeless

一命归西
yī mìng guī xī

see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yī mìng wū hū]

一命归天
yī mìng guī tiān

see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yī mìng wū hū]

一命归阴
yī mìng guī yīn

see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yī mìng wū hū]

三归依
sān guī yī

the Three Pillars of Faith (Buddha, dharma, sangha), aka 三寶|三宝[sān bǎo]

不完全归纳推理
bù wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ

inference by incomplete induction

不归路
bù guī lù

road to ruin; course of action from which there is no turning back

不醉不归
bù zuì bù guī

to not go home until drunk (idiom)

久假不归
jiǔ jiǎ bù guī

to fail to return a borrowed item

九九归一
jiǔ jiǔ guī yī

nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule)

九归
jiǔ guī

abacus division rules (using a single-digit divisor)

于归
yú guī

(literary) (of a girl) to marry

于归之喜
yú guī zhī xǐ

the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman)

划归
huà guī

to incorporate

北回归线
běi huí guī xiàn

Tropic of Cancer

南回归线
nán huí guī xiàn

Tropic of Capricorn

同归于尽
tóng guī yú jìn

to die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes

同途殊归
tóng tú shū guī

same road out, different ones back

命归黄泉
mìng guī huáng quán

lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[huáng quán] (idiom)

回归年
huí guī nián

the solar year

回归热
huí guī rè

recurring fever

回归线
huí guī xiàn

tropic

夜不归宿
yè bù guī sù

to stay out all night (idiom)

姊归县
zǐ guī xiàn

Zigui county in Hubei province

完全归纳推理
wán quán guī nà tuī lǐ

inference by complete induction

完璧归赵
wán bì guī zhào

lit. to return the jade annulus to Zhao (idiom); fig. to return something intact to its rightful owner

实至名归
shí zhì míng guī

fame follows merit (idiom)

复归
fù guī

to return

捉拿归案
zhuō ná guī àn

to bring to justice

早出晚归
zǎo chū wǎn guī

to leave early and return late (idiom)

晚归
wǎn guī

to return late; to come home late

东归
dōng guī

lit. to return east

弃邪归正
qì xié guī zhèng

to give up evil and return to virtue

荣归
róng guī

to return home with honor

荣归主
róng guī zhǔ

Gloria (section of Catholic mass)

荣归故里
róng guī gù lǐ

to return home with honor

树高千丈,落叶归根
shù gāo qiān zhàng , luò yè guī gēn

see 樹高千丈,葉落歸根|树高千丈,叶落归根[shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn]

树高千丈,叶落归根
shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn

fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb)

欧当归
ōu dāng guī

(botany) lovage

归仁
guī rén

Gueiren, a district in Tainan 台南|台南[tái nán], Taiwan

归位
guī wèi

to put sth back where it belongs

归并
guī bìng

to put together

归依
guī yī

to convert to (a religion)

归侨
guī qiáo

Chinese person who returns to China after living as an expatriate

归入
guī rù

to assign (to a class)

归公
guī gōng

to commandeer

归功
guī gōng

to give credit

归化
guī huà

naturalization

归口
guī kǒu

to return to one's original trade

归向
guī xiàng

to turn toward

归咎
guī jiù

to put the blame on

归因
guī yīn

to attribute; to ascribe

归因理论
guī yīn lǐ lùn

attribution theory (psychology)

归国
guī guó

to go home (to one's native country)

归天
guī tiān

to die

归宁
guī níng

(literary) (of a married woman) to visit one's parents

归属感
guī shǔ gǎn

sense of belonging

归属权
guī shǔ quán

right of attribution

归心
guī xīn

converted to (religion)

归心似箭
guī xīn sì jiàn

with one's heart set on speeding home (idiom)

归心者
guī xīn zhě

religious convert

归拢
guī lǒng

to gather

归于
guī yú

to belong to

归根
guī gēn

to return home (after a lifetime's absence)

归根究底
guī gēn jiū dǐ

(idiom) in the final analysis

归根结底
guī gēn jié dǐ

in the final analysis

归根结蒂
guī gēn jié dì

ultimately

归案
guī àn

to bring to justice

归档
guī dàng

to file away

归正
guī zhèng

to return to the right path

归牧
guī mù

to return from pasture

归省
guī xǐng

to go home for a visit; to return to one's parents' home to pay respects

归真
guī zhēn

to die (Buddhism)

归真返璞
guī zhēn fǎn pú

see 返璞歸真|返璞归真[fǎn pú guī zhēn]

归程
guī chéng

return trip

归纳推理
guī nà tuī lǐ

inductive reasoning

归纳法
guī nà fǎ

induction (method of deduction in logic)

归经
guī jīng

channel tropism (TCM)

归罪
guī zuì

to blame sb

归西
guī xī

to die (euphemism, lit. to return West or to the Western Paradise)

归谬法
guī miù fǎ

reductio ad absurdum

归路
guī lù

the way back

归途
guī tú

the way back

归附
guī fù

to realign one's allegiance (to another religion, ruler etc)

归除
guī chú

long division

归队
guī duì

to return to one's unit

归隐
guī yǐn

to go back to one's native place and live in seclusion

归零
guī líng

to reset to zero

归零地
guī líng dì

Ground Zero

归顺
guī shùn

to surrender and pay allegiance to

归类
guī lèi

to classify

殊途同归
shū tú tóng guī

different routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the same end

水落归槽
shuǐ luò guī cáo

spilt water returns to the trough (idiom); fig. people remember where they belong

海归
hǎi guī

sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hǎi guī])

涓滴归公
juān dī guī gōng

every drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused

满载而归
mǎn zài ér guī

to return from a rewarding journey

物归原主
wù guī yuán zhǔ

to return something to its rightful owner

当归
dāng guī

Angelica sinensis

百川归海
bǎi chuān guī hǎi

all things tend in one direction (idiom)

众望所归
zhòng wàng suǒ guī

(idiom) to enjoy popular support

秭归
zǐ guī

Zigui county in Yichang 宜昌[yí chāng], Hubei

秭归县
zǐ guī xiàn

Zigui county in Yichang 宜昌[yí chāng], Hubei

空手而归
kōng shǒu ér guī

to return empty-handed

线性回归
xiàn xìng huí guī

linear regression (statistics)

纵虎归山
zòng hǔ guī shān

lit. to let the tiger return to the mountain; fig. to store up future calamities

总归
zǒng guī

eventually

落叶归根
luò yè guī gēn

Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[zhāng yáng], starring 趙本山|赵本山[zhào běn shān]

叶落归根
yè luò guī gēn

a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home

血本无归
xuè běn wú guī

(idiom) to lose everything one invested; to lose one's shirt

衣锦荣归
yī jǐn róng guī

to come back to one's hometown in silken robes (idiom); to return in glory

视死如归
shì sǐ rú guī

to view death as a return home

解甲归田
jiě jiǎ guī tián

to remove armor and return to the farm

言归于好
yán guī yú hǎo

to become reconciled

言归正传
yán guī zhèng zhuàn

to return to the topic (idiom)

责有攸归
zé yǒu yōu guī

responsibility must lie where it belongs (idiom)

宾至如归
bīn zhì rú guī

guests feel at home (in a hotel, guest house etc)

转归
zhuǎn guī

(of ownership, custody etc) to be transferred to

返璞归真
fǎn pú guī zhēn

to return to one's true self

递归
dì guī

recursion

避其锐气,击其惰归
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)

铩羽而归
shā yǔ ér guī

to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions (idiom)

驾鹤西归
jià hè xī guī

see 駕鶴西去|驾鹤西去[jià hè xī qù]