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guī

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guī Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
guī | gui1
English translation
to return, to go back; to return to, to revert

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About guī

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

guī

Contains the radical

zhǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

foot

Etymology of guī

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰⿱⿱丿㠯止帚

Semantic compound

zhǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of guī . Origin unclear. The traditional component zhǐ was removed for simplification.

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Words with guī

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Guī to return guī
回归 huí guī to return to回歸
无家可归 wú jiā kě guī homeless無家可歸
归还 guīhuán to return sth歸還
归属 guī shǔ to belong to歸屬
归宿 guī sù home歸宿
归纳 guīnà to sum up歸納
归于 guī yú to belong to歸於
归功 guī gōng to give credit歸功
归队 guī duì to return to one's unit歸隊
归咎 guī jiù to accuse歸咎
归结 guī jié to sum up歸結
归案 guī àn to bring to justice歸案
总归 zǒng guī eventually總歸
归档 guī dàng to file away歸檔
言归正传 yán guī zhèng zhuàn to return to the topic (idiom)言歸正傳
当归 dāng guī Angelica sinensis當歸
归根结底 guī gēn jié dǐ ultimately歸根結底
同归于尽 tóng guī yú jìn to take sb down with oneself同歸於盡
归类 guī lèi to classify歸類
归根到底 guīgēndàodǐ after all歸根到底
归罪 guī zuì to blame sb歸罪
归国 guī guó to return from abroad歸國

guī Decomposition & Compounds

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