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终于

zhōng yú

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 終於

终于 (zhōng yú) means "at last". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 终于 means

1. at last
2. in the end
3. finally
4. eventually

How 终于 is used in grammar

终于 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Time Adverbs: 本来, 才, 曾经, 从来, 立刻 (HSK 3)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 3, adverbs (语气副词).

The characters in 终于

• 终zhōngend; finish
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Example sentences

• 终于！
  Finally!
• 气终于消了
  He is not angry anymore.
• 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.
• 他终于出现了。
  He appeared at last.
• 她终于睡着了。
  She finally fell asleep.

Sounds the same

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

• 忠于to be loyal to

Where 终于 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Stance Adverbs & Evaluative Words (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhōng yú correctly.
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