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归功

guī gōng

2-character word Traditional 歸功

What 归功 means

1. to give credit
2. to give sb his due
3. attribution

The characters in 归功

• 归guīto return; to go back to; to give back to
• 功gōngmeritorious deed or service; achievement; result

Example sentences

• 我的成功要归功于他。
  I owe my success to his help.
• 我把我的成功归功于他。
  I owe my success to him.
• 他将他的成功归功于好运。
  He attributes his success to good luck.
• 他把他的成功归功于好运。
  He attributed his success to good luck.

Sounds the same

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

• 归公to commandeer; to take over for the state
• 龟公pimp