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)

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