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究

jiū

HSK 4 Character

What 究 means

1. after all
2. to investigate
3. to study carefully
4. Taiwan pr. jiù

Example sentences

• 他研究了十年。
  He studied for ten years.
• 究竟谁要负责？
  Who exactly is responsible?
• 他潜心研究音乐。
  He applied himself to the study of music.
• 她穿衣服很讲究。
  She is particular about what she wears.
• 汤姆究竟在做什么？
  Tāngmǔ jiūjìng zài zuò shénme?
  What exactly does Tom do?
• 他对蝴蝶很有研究。
  Tā duì húdié hěn yǒu yánjiū.
  He knows a lot about butterflies.

Words starting with 究

• 究竟jiū jìngto go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done
• 究办jiū bànto investigate and deal with
• 究其根源jiū qí gēn yuánto trace something to its source (idiom)

Words containing 究

• 研究yán jiūresearch; a study; to research
• 研究生yán jiū shēnggraduate student; postgraduate student; research student
• 讲究jiǎng jiuto pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen
• 追究zhuī jiūto investigate; to look into
• 终究zhōng jiūin the end; after all; eventually
• 研究所yán jiū suǒresearch institute; graduate studies; graduate school
• 研究员yán jiū yuánresearcher
• 探究tàn jiūto investigate; to delve; to probe
• 研究院yán jiū yuànresearch institute; academy
• 研究者yán jiū zhěinvestigator; researcher
• 考究kǎo jiūto investigate; to check and research; exquisite
• 研究生院yán jiū shēng yuàngraduate school
• 深究shēn jiūto perform an in-depth investigation
• 学究xué jiūpedant
• 查究chá jiūto follow up a study; to investigate
• 根究gēn jiūto investigate (sth) thoroughly; to get to the bottom of
• 研究中心yán jiū zhōng xīnresearch center
• 研究人员yán jiū rén yuánresearch worker; research personnel
• 研究报告yán jiū bào gàoresearch report
• 研究小组yán jiū xiǎo zǔresearch group
• 研究机构yán jiū jī gòuresearch organization
• 研究领域yán jiū lǐng yùresearch area; field of research
• 科学研究kē xué yán jiūscientific research
• 讨究tǎo jiūto investigate

Characters that look like 究

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

• 完wánto finish; to be over; whole
• 乳rǔ(bound form) breast; (bound form) milk; (bound form) newborn; suckling
• 咒zhòuincantation; magic spell; curse
• 兔tùrabbit
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous
• 旯láused in 旮旯

Sounds the same

Read jiū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 纠to gather together; to investigate; to entangle
• 揪to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull
• 啾(onomatopoeia) wailing of child; chirp; kiss (Tw)
• 鸠turtledove; (literary) to gather
• 阄lots (to be drawn); lot (in a game of chance)
• 揫to gather; to collect
• 摎to strangle; to inquire into
• 鬏bun (of hair)
• 樛to hang down
• 赳see 赳赳
• 丩old variant of 纠