终 (終) zhōng

1. zhōng noun end; finish; conclusion
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   Notes: In the sense of 结局 (Guoyu '終' n 1; Kroll 2015 '終' 1; Unihan '終')
2. zhōng adverb finally; in the end
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '終' adv; Kroll 2015 '終' 3; Unihan '終')
3. zhōng verb to complete; to finish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 结束 or 完毕; for example, 曲终人散 'as the music finishes the people disperse' (Guoyu '終' v 1; Kroll 2015 '終' 2)
4. zhōng adjective all; entire; from start to finish
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: For example, 终年 'all year' (Guoyu '終' adj 1)
5. zhōng verb to study in detail
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 详究 (Guoyu '終' v 2)
6. zhōng noun death
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 死亡 (Guoyu '終' n 2; Kroll 2015 '終' 1a)
7. zhōng adverb first half of a symmetric phrase
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the pattern of 终A且B (Kroll 2015 '終' 4)
8. zhōng proper noun Zhong
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '終' n 3)
9. zhōng verb to die
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 死亡 (Guoyu '終' v 2)

Contained in

• 有始有终(有始有終) where there's a start, there's a finish; to finish once one starts
• 终日(終日) all day
• 终战(終戰) end of the war
• 靡不有初，鲜克有终(靡不有初，鮮克有終) almost everything has a start, but not many things have an end; don't start sth you can't handle
• 终点(終點) end point; destination; terminus
• 送终(送終) to pay one's last respects
• 疾终正寝(疾終正寢) to die of illness at home
• 以失败而告终(以失敗而告終) to succeed through failure; to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
• 终久(終久) in the end; eventually
• 终身俸(終身俸) retirement pay; pension
• 终点线(終點線) finishing line
• 终始不渝(終始不渝) from the beginning to not change; unswerving
• 终点站(終點站) terminus; final stop on rail or bus line
• 私定终身(私定終身) to make a pledge to be married, without parents' approval
• 无始无终(無始無終) without beginning and without end
• 终究(終究) in the end; after all
• 彻始彻终(徹始徹終) from start to the finish
• 寿终正寝(壽終正寢) to die of old age
• 终审(終審) final ruling
• 终傅(終傅) last rites
• 曲终奏雅(曲終奏雅) perfect finish
• 止日终(止日終) until the end
• 终审法院(終審法院) Court of Final Appeal
• 终点地址(終點地址) destination address
• 终天之恨(終天之恨) eternal regret
• 从一而终(從一而終) faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying)
• 终端用户(終端用戶) end user
• 终期(終期) terminal; final
• 临终(臨終) approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave
• 兄终弟及(兄終弟及) passing of a feudal title from elder to younger brother
• 终极(終極) to finally end
• 守一而终(守一而終) to be faithful to one's mate all one's life
• 终始如一(終始如一) unchanging from start to finish
• 剧终(劇終) The End
• 终灭(終滅) finally destroyed
• 终了(終了) to end
• 终身(終身) lifelong ; to pass a lifetime
• 终而复始(終而復始) to repeat unceasingly
• 终老(終老) to spend one's last years
• 为德不终(為德不終) to start on virtue but give up; to fail to carry things through; lack of sticking power
• 终年(終年) entire year
• 自始至终(自始至終) from start to finish
• 不终天年(不終天年) to die before one's allotted lifespan has run its course
• 有始无终(有始無終) to start but not finish
• 自终(自終) he finished his days
• 善终(善終) to have enjoyed a full life ; a happy ending
• 忧苦以终(憂苦以終) worried to death

Also contained in

终声 、 终南山 、 终军 、 终南

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷六十二 志第三十八 樂二 Volume 62 Treatises 38: Music 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 57
• 卷二百七十八 列傳第三十七 馬全義 雷德驤 王超 Volume 278 Biographies 37: Ma Quanyi, Lei Dexiang, Wang Chao History of Song 宋史 — count: 46
• Full Text Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經 — count: 43
• 卷七十　　志第二十一: 　禮樂四 Volume 70 Treatises 23: Rites and Music 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 43
• 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 37
• 卷十二 志第二 歷上 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Calendar 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 35
• 卷一百三十七 志第九十 樂十二 Volume 137 Treatises 90: Music 12 History of Song 宋史 — count: 34
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 30
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 28
• 卷二十一 律曆志 Volume 21: Treatise on Rhythm and the Calendar Book of Han 漢書 — count: 27

Collocations

• 终风 (終風) 終風 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧終風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Zhong Feng — count: 6
• 正终 (正終) 非正終也 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 4
• 终事 (終事) 終事八反 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 终远 (終遠) 終遠兄弟 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧王‧葛藟 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Ge Lei — count: 3
• 道终 (道終) 先君不以其道終 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 终朝 (終朝) 終朝采綠 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧采綠 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Cai Lu — count: 3
• 令终 (令終) 高朗令終 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧既醉 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Ji Jiu — count: 3
• 克终 (剋終) 克終允德 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 太甲上 Shang Shu - Tai Jia I — count: 3
• 恶终 (惡終) 將由惡終 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 畢命 Zhou Shu - Charge to the Duke of Bi — count: 2
• 礼终 (禮終) 禮終 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2