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终

zhōng

HSK 3 Character Traditional 終

What 终 means

1. end
2. finish

Example sentences

• 终于！
  Finally!
• 气终于消了
  He is not angry anymore.
• 她终生未婚。
  Tā zhōngshēng wèihūn.
  She remained single all her life.
• 终于明白啦？
  Do you finally understand?
• 真相终于大白。
  Zhēnxiàng zhōngyú dà bái.
  At last, the truth became known to us.
• 汤姆终身未娶。
  Tāngmǔ zhōngshēn wèiqǔ.
  Tom remained a bachelor until his death.

Words starting with 终

• 终于zhōng yúat last; in the end; finally
• 终身zhōng shēnlifelong; all one's life; marriage
• 终究zhōng jiūin the end; after all; eventually
• 终点zhōng diǎnthe end; end point; finishing line (in a race)
• 终止zhōng zhǐto stop; to terminate
• 终年zhōng niánentire year; throughout the year; age at death
• 终生zhōng shēngthroughout one's life; lifetime; lifelong
• 终极zhōng jíultimate; final
• 终结zhōng jiéend; conclusion; to come to an end; to terminate (sth)
• 终端zhōng duānend; terminal
• 终日zhōng rìall day long
• 终点站zhōng diǎn zhànterminus; final stop on rail or bus line
• 终归zhōng guīin the end; ultimately; after all
• 终审zhōng shěnfinal ruling
• 终了zhōng liǎoto end
• 终场zhōng chǎngend (of a performance or sports match); last round of testing in the imperial examinations
• 终老zhōng lǎoto spend one's last years
• 终身大事zhōng shēn dà shìmajor turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
• 终身制zhōng shēn zhìlife tenure
• 终南Zhōng nánZhongnan mountains, near Xi'an
• 终天zhōng tiānall day long; all one's life
• 终局zhōng júendgame; conclusion; outcome
• 终战zhōng zhànend of the war
• 终期zhōng qīterminal; final

Words containing 终

• 最终zuì zhōngfinal; ultimate
• 始终shǐ zhōngfrom beginning to end; all along
• 年终nián zhōngend of the year
• 临终lín zhōngapproaching death; on one's deathbed
• 自始至终zì shǐ zhì zhōngfrom start to finish (idiom)
• 告终gào zhōngto end; to reach an end
• 始终如一shǐ zhōng rú yīunswerving from start to finish (idiom)
• 寿终正寝shòu zhōng zhèng qǐnto die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age…
• 期终qī zhōngend of a fixed term
• 送终sòng zhōngto attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member…
• 不可终日bù kě zhōng rìto be unable to carry on even for a single day; to be in a desperate situation
• 不知所终bù zhī suǒ zhōng(idiom) to vanish without a trace; to go missing
• 情定终身qíng dìng zhōng shēn(idiom) to pledge eternal love; to exchange marriage vows
• 有始有终yǒu shǐ yǒu zhōngwhere there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth…
• 有始无终yǒu shǐ wú zhōngto start but not finish (idiom); to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power…
• 为德不终wéi dé bù zhōngto start on virtue but give up (idiom); to fail to carry things through…
• 私定终身sī dìng zhōng shēnto make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
• 至始至终zhì shǐ zhì zhōngfrom start to finish
• 善终shàn zhōngto die naturally with dignity; to pass away peacefully…
• 善始善终shàn shǐ shàn zhōngwhere there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth…
• 养老送终yǎng lǎo sòng zhōngto look after one's aged parents and arrange proper burial after they die
• 无疾而终wú jí ér zhōng(lit.) to die without illness (idiom); (fig.) to result in failure…
• 年终奖nián zhōng jiǎngyear-end bonus
• 剧终jù zhōngThe End (appearing at the end of a movie etc)

Characters built on 冬

These share the phonetic component 冬 (dōng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 咚dōng(onomatopoeia) boom (of a drum); knock (on the door)
• 氡dōngradon (chemistry)
• 佟Tóngsurname Tong
• 柊zhōngused in 柊叶
• 螽zhōng(grasshopper); Gompsocleis mikado

Characters that look like 终

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

• 挤jǐto crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside
• 纬wěilatitude; woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft
• 绊bànto trip; to stumble; to hinder
• 挎kuàto carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)
• 绔kùvariant of 裤
• 忤wǔdisobedient; unfilial

Sounds the same

Read zhōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 中within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during
• 钟handleless cup; goblet; (bound form) to concentrate (one's affection etc); variant of 钟
• 忠loyal; devoted; faithful
• 衷inner feelings
• 锺nonstandard simplified variant of 钟
• 盅handleless cup; goblet
• 柊used in 柊叶
• 彸restless, agitated
• 伀restless; agitated
• 螽(grasshopper); Gompsocleis mikado
• 汷name of an ancient river in Hubei
• 忪used in 怔忪