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终于

zhōng yú

HSK 3 2-character word Traditional 終於

What 终于 means

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

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