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归于

guī yú

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 歸於

归于 (guī yú) means "to belong to; affiliated to; to result in sth". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 归于 means

1. to belong to
2. affiliated to
3. to result in sth
4. to incline towards

The characters in 归于

• 归guīto return; to go back to; to give back to
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Example sentences

• 荣耀归于乌克兰！
  Róngyào guīyú Wūkèlán!
  Glory to Ukraine!
• 他将他的成功归于好运。
  Tā jiāng tā de chénggōng guīyú hǎoyùn.
  He owes his success to good luck.
• 我们必须学会像兄弟一样共同生活，要么就像傻子一样同归于尽。
  Wǒmen bìxū xuéhuì xiàng xiōngdì yīyàng gòngtóng shēnghuó, yàome jiù xiàng shǎzi yīyàng tóngguīyújìn.
  We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.
• 我们必须学会像兄弟一样共同生活，要幺就像傻子一样同归于尽。
  We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.

Words containing 归于

• 同归于尽tóng guī yú jìnto die in such a way that sb (or sth) else also perishes; to take sb down with oneself…
• 言归于好yán guī yú hǎoto become reconciled; to bury the hatchet

Sounds the same

Read guī yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鲑鱼salmon; trout

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read guī yú correctly.
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