归 (歸) guī

1. guī verb to go back; to return
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 返回 (Guoyu '歸' v 2; Kroll 2015 '歸' 1, p. 146; Rouzer 2007, p. 27; Unihan '歸'; XHZD '歸' 1, p. 252)
2. guī verb to belong to; to be classified as
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense 属于 (Guoyu '歸' v 5; XHZD '歸' 4, p. 252)
3. guī verb to take refuge in; to rely on; to depend on
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 依附 (Guoyu '歸' v 4; Kroll 2015 '歸' 2, p. 146)
4. guī verb used between a repeated verb to indicate contrast
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (Guoyu '歸' v 7)
5. guī verb to revert to; to give back to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '歸' v 3; Kroll 2015 '歸' 4, p. 146; Rouzer 2007, p. 27; Unihan '歸')
6. guī verb (of a woman) to get married
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '歸' v 1; Kroll 2015 '歸' 3, p. 146)
7. guī verb to assemble; to meet together; to converge
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 聚 (Guoyu '歸' v 6; XHZD '歸' 2, p. 252)
8. guī verb to appreciate; to admire
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '歸' 5, p. 146)
9. guī verb to divide with a single digit divisor
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (XHZD '歸' 5, p. 252)
10. guī verb to pledge allegiance to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 归顺 (Kroll 2015 '歸' 2, p. 146; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 421)
11. guī verb to withdraw
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '歸' 1b, p. 146)
12. guī verb to settle down
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '歸' 2a, p. 146)
13. guī proper noun Gui
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '歸' n)
14. kuì verb to give; to sacrifice food
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 馈 (Guoyu '歸' kuì v; Kroll 2015 '歸' kuì, p. 146)
15. kuì adjective ashamed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 愧 (Guoyu '歸' kuì adj)

Contained in

• 回归(回歸) go back; to return; to regress
• 归化(歸化) to be naturalized ; to surrender and pay allegiance to
• 荣归故里(榮歸故里) to return home with honor
• 归来(歸來) to come back ; to go back
• 言归正传(言歸正傳) to return to the topic; to get back to the main point
• 归去(歸去) to go back
• 威加海内兮归故乡(威加海內兮歸故鄉) With might that extends to the land within the seas, I return to my hometown
• 归心似箭(歸心似箭) with one's heart set on speeding home
• 夜不归宿(夜不歸宿) to stay out all night
• 江海同归(江海同歸) rivers all flow to the same ocean
• 水落归槽(水落歸槽) spilt water returns to the trough; people remember where they belong
• 归省(歸省) to go home for a visit; to return to one's parents' home to pay respects
• 返璞归真(返璞歸真) to return to one's true self; to regain the natural state
• 归向(歸向) to turn toward
• 归根(歸根) to return home (after a lifetime's absence); to go back to one's roots
• 归根究柢(歸根究柢) ultimately; in the final analysis
• 归入(歸入) to assign to a category; to classify as; to include
• 衣锦荣归(衣錦榮歸) to come back to one's home
• 归师勿遏(歸師勿遏) do not stop soldiers returning home
• 同归(同歸) to return for good
• 归纳推理(歸納推理) inductive reasoning
• 归本(歸本) return capital ; return to the source
• 百川归海(百川歸海) all things tend in one direction
• 归类(歸類) to classify; to categorize
• 归心者(歸心者) religious convert
• 弃官归田(棄官歸田) to resign from an official post and return to the countryside
• 归因(歸因) to attribute; to ascribe
• 归根结蒂(歸根結蒂) ultimately; in the final analysis; after all; when all is said and done
• 归依(歸依) to depend on
• 责有攸归(責有攸歸) responsibility must lie where it belongs
• 驾鹤西归(駕鶴西歸) to ride a crane back to the West; to pass away
• 归一(歸一) to unify
• 天命有归(天命有歸) the mandate of heaven has an ending
• 归西(歸西) to die; to return to the West
• 归功(歸功) to give credit; to give somebody his due; attribution
• 归牧(歸牧) to return from pasture
• 归谬法(歸謬法) reductio ad absurdum; arguing by contradiction
• 猛虎归山，蛟龙入海(猛虎歸山，蛟龍入海) a fierce tiger returns to the mountain, a dragon goes into the sea
• 归心(歸心) to realign one's allegiance ; to return home ; to be at ease in mind
• 放归田(放歸田) forced to retire to [his] house in the countryside
• 满载而归(滿載而歸) to return from a rewarding journey
• 归口(歸口) to return to one's original trade; to put (a business etc) under the administration of the relevant central authority
• 归结(歸結) to sum up; to conclude
• 荡子行不归(蕩子行不歸) the wandering man went, but did not return
• 归天(歸天) to die
• 欲归(欲歸) wanted to return home
• 归属权(歸屬權) right of attribution
• 归案(歸案) to bring to justice; to file away (a document)

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归善 、 归仁乡 、 归去来兮辞

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Truncated for common words

• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 120
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 118
• 卷一百二十五 載記第二十五 乞伏國仁 乞伏乾歸 乞伏熾磐 馮跋 Volume 125 Records 25: Qifu Guoren; Qifu Gangui; Qifu Chipan; Feng Ba Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 79
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 57
• 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 55
• 卷二百八十三 列傳第一百七十一 儒林二 Volume 283 Biographies 171: Confucian Scholars 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 52
• 卷二百八十二 列傳第一百七十 儒林一 Volume 282 Biographies 170: Confucian Scholars 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 49
• 卷十六 梁書16: 列傳六 葛從周 謝彥章 胡真 張歸霸 張歸厚 張歸弁 Volume 16 Book of Later Liang 16: Biographies 6 - Ge Congzhou, Xie Yanzhang, He Zhen, Zhang Guiba, Zhang Guihou, Zhang Guibian Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史 — count: 48
• 卷五十一　列傳第三十九:　齊宗室諸王上 Volume 51 Biographies 39: The Northern Qi Imperial Family 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 45
• 卷二十二 梁臣傳第十: 康懷英 劉鄩 牛存節 張歸霸 王重師 徐懷玉 Volume 22 Later Liang Biographies 2: Kang Huaiying, Liu Xun, Niu Cunjie, Zhang Guiba, Wang Zhongshi, Xu Huaiyu New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 44

Collocations

• 怀归 (懷歸) 豈不懷歸 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧四牡 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Si Mu — count: 8
• 言归 (言歸) 言告言歸 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧葛覃 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Ge Tan — count: 8
• 曰归 (曰歸) 我東曰歸 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧東山 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Dong Shan — count: 7
• 逃归 (逃歸) 鄭伯逃歸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 6
• 人归 (人歸) 衛人歸之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 6
• 公归 (公歸) 公歸無所 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧豳‧九罭 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Jiu Yu — count: 5
• 子归 (子歸) 故仲子歸于我 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 王归 (王歸) 王歸自克夏 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Tang — count: 4
• 氏归 (氏歸) 以媯氏歸 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
• 之子归 (之子歸) 之子歸 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧江有汜 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Jiang You Si — count: 3