归 (歸) guī
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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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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') -
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) -
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) -
guī
verb
to appreciate; to admire
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '歸' 5, p. 146) -
guī
verb
to divide with a single digit divisor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (XHZD '歸' 5, p. 252) -
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) -
guī
verb
to withdraw
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '歸' 1b, p. 146) -
guī
verb
to settle down
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '歸' 2a, p. 146) -
guī
proper noun
Gui
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '歸' n) -
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) -
kuì
adjective
ashamed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As a variant of 愧 (Guoyu '歸' kuì adj)
Contained in
- 不归(不歸) to not return ; to not realign one's allegiance; to not submit ; to borrow but not give back
- 视死如归(視死如歸) to view death as a return home; to not be afraid of dying; to face death with equanimity
- 万境归空(萬境歸空) in the end everything returns to nothingness
- 南归(南歸) return back south
- 海归(海歸) Chinese returning from overseas
- 归趣(歸趣) purpose; aim
- 血本无归(血本無歸) to lose everything one invested; to lose one's shirt
- 早出晚归(早出晚歸) to leave early and return late
- 指归(指歸) goal; aim
- 于归之喜(于歸之喜) the joy of matrimony (polite phrase referring to a young woman)
- 荣归(榮歸) to return home with honor
- 归并(歸併) to put together; to add; to merge
- 物归原主(物歸原主) to return something to its rightful owner
- 南回归线(南回歸線) Tropic of Capricorn
- 归纳推理(歸納推理) inductive reasoning
- 归师勿遏(歸師勿遏) do not stop soldiers returning home
- 言归正传(言歸正傳) to return to the topic; to get back to the main point
- 百川归海(百川歸海) all things tend in one direction
- 归牧(歸牧) to return from pasture
- 满载而归(滿載而歸) to return from a rewarding journey
- 放虎归山(放虎歸山) let the tiger return to the mountain; to let the enemy go
- 言归于好(言歸於好) to become reconciled; to bury the hatchet
- 归去来兮(歸去來兮) come back immediately
- 完璧归赵(完璧歸趙) to return the intact jade annulus to Zhao
- 归根结底(歸根結底) in the final analysis; ultimately
- 归义(歸義) to pledged allegiance
- 复归(復歸) to return; to come back
- 归队(歸隊) to return to one's unit; to go back to one's station in life
- 归根究柢(歸根究柢) ultimately; in the final analysis
- 归仁(歸仁) Kueijen
- 完全归纳推理(完全歸納推理) inference by complete induction
- 荣归主(榮歸主) Gloria (section of Catholic mass)
- 欲归(欲歸) wanted to return home
- 九九归一(九九歸一) nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule); when all is said and done
- 责有攸归(責有攸歸) responsibility must lie where it belongs
- 归功(歸功) to give credit; to give somebody his due; attribution
- 弃官归乡(棄官歸鄉) to resign from an official post and return to the countryside
- 回归热(回歸熱) recurring fever
- 归纳法(歸納法) induction (method of deduction in logic)
- 姊归县(姊歸縣) Zigui county province
- 归止(歸止) place to return to
- 回归(回歸) go back; to return; to regress
- 放归田(放歸田) forced to retire to [his] house in the countryside
- 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
- 同归于尽(同歸於盡) to die in such a way that somebody else also perishes; to end in mutual destruction
- 归属(歸屬) to belong to; to be affiliated to; to fall under the jurisdiction of
- 江海同归(江海同歸) rivers all flow to the same ocean
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 子归 (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: 7
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 使归 (使歸) 靡使歸聘 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧采薇 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Cai Wei — count: 4