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归

guī

HSK 5 Character Traditional 歸

What 归 means

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

Other readings

归 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Guīsurname Gui

Example sentences

• 归我了。
  Dibs.
• 改邪归正。
  Gǎixiéguīzhèng.
  Straighten up.
• 他无家可归。
  Tā wújiākěguī.
  He has no house to live in.
• 它现在归我了。
  Tā xiànzài guī wǒ le.
  It belongs to me now.
• 汤姆无处可归。
  Tāngmǔ wúchù kě guī.
  Tom had nowhere to return to.
• 他们无家可归。
  They have no house to live in.

Words starting with 归

• 归纳guī nàto sum up; to summarize; to conclude from facts
• 归还guī huánto return sth; to revert
• 归根到底guī gēn dào dǐafter all; in the final analysis; ultimately
• 归来guī láito return; to come back
• 归国guī guóto go home (to one's native country); to return from abroad
• 归宿guī sùplace to return to; home; final destination
• 归于guī yúto belong to; affiliated to; to result in sth
• 归属guī shǔto belong to; to be affiliated to; to fall under the jurisdiction of
• 归结guī jiéto sum up; to conclude; to put in a nutshell; conclusion; end (of a story etc)
• 归类guī lèito classify; to categorize
• 归根结底guī gēn jié dǐin the final analysis; ultimately
• 归入guī rùto assign (to a class); to classify as; to include
• 归档guī dàngto file away; to place on file
• 归途guī túthe way back; one's journey home
• 归属感guī shǔ gǎnsense of belonging
• 归真guī zhēnto die (Buddhism); to return to Allah (Islam)
• 归案guī ànto bring to justice; to file away (a document)
• 归队guī duìto return to one's unit; to go back to one's station in life
• 归隐guī yǐnto go back to one's native place and live in seclusion
• 归依guī yīto convert to (a religion); to rely upon; refuge
• 归期guī qīone's return date
• 归位guī wèito put sth back where it belongs; to return to the original position…
• 归并guī bìngto put together; to add; to merge
• 归公guī gōngto commandeer; to take over for the state

Words containing 归

• 回归huí guīto return to; to retreat; regression (statistics)
• 终归zhōng guīin the end; ultimately; after all
• 无家可归wú jiā kě guī(idiom) homeless
• 总归zǒng guīin any case; anyhow; after all
• 早出晚归zǎo chū wǎn guīto leave early and return late (idiom)
• 划归huà guīto incorporate; to put under (external administration)
• 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…
• 言归正传yán guī zhèng zhuànto return to the topic (idiom); to get back to the main point
• 满载而归mǎn zài ér guī(idiom) to return from a rewarding journey
• 复归fù guīto return; to come back
• 当归dāng guīAngelica sinensis
• 视死如归shì sǐ rú guīto view death as a return home; to not be afraid of dying…
• 改邪归正gǎi xié guī zhèngto mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
• 殊途同归shū tú tóng guīdifferent routes to the same destination (idiom); fig. different means of achieve the…
• 于归yú guī(literary) (of a girl) to marry
• 晚归wǎn guīto return late; to come home late
• 东归dōng guīlit. to return east; fig. to return to one's homeland
• 海归hǎi guīsb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience…
• 转归zhuǎn guī(of ownership, custody etc) to be transferred to; to revert to…
• 不归路bù guī lùroad to ruin; course of action from which there is no turning back
• 回归年huí guī niánthe solar year; the year defined as the period between successive equinoxes
• 回归热huí guī rèrecurring fever
• 回归线huí guī xiàntropic; one of the two latitude lines, Tropic of Capricorn or Tropic of Cancer
• 欧当归Ōu dāng guī(botany) lovage; Levisticum officinale

Characters that look like 归

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 由yóuto follow; from; because of; due to
• 曲qǔtune; song
• 田tiánfield; farm
• 驰chíto run fast; to speed; to gallop
• 皿mǐn(bound form) dish; vessel; shallow container; radical no. 108

Sounds the same

Read guī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 规compass; a rule; regulation
• 龟tortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold
• 瑰(semiprecious stone); extraordinary
• 圭jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility…
• 硅silicon (chemistry)
• 闺small arched door; boudoir; lady's chamber; (fig.) women
• 沩name of a river in Shanxi
• 皈to comply with; to follow
• 鲑trout; salmon
• 傀grand; strange; exotic
• 槻zelkova tree
• 巂cuckoo; revolution of a wheel